| In having a discussion with a philosphy student, we discussed free will. He had persuaded me that I was a physiologist, but he wanted me to say that I believed in free will, which would then allow him to say that only theism can offer free will, so I must ultimately be a theist. Hmmm. Anyway, this is my take on free will and is totally without superior thought since I am just a chicken farmer and a mother whose brain is turning to oatmeal......"The illusion of free will is a physiological necessity and is produced by our brain in order to maintain sanity. When that physiological effect is glitched, then our brain sinks into wells of depression, falls into the chaos of schitzophrenia, soars into heights of mania. The brain loses control without the illusion of free will and then feels that there is no control over its very existence. The brain then responds to the whispering voices produced by its own insanity.
For some the illusion of free will is supported by faith in deities, for others the illusion works without theism and is supported by faith in science. For those unlucky ones the illusion fails to work, but can often be treated by tricking the brain through therapy and/or medications."
That is it.
Jeanne |