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No, especially since gene expression is environmentally dependent
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We actually fill in and invent something like 90% of what we “see,” and your example of the dress confirms exactly that. We impose a best guess on the incoming stimuli based on context and expectation, based on our existing model of the world and the context available, and NOT based purely on precise things like frequency. Here’s a link to an extremely simple and accessible explanation and it serves to reinforce my point that these things are all differing intensities of self-created illusions. https://www.pbs.org/video/dress-excerpt-j7mm9z/ Yes, of course. It starts with the biochemistry and when that same biochemistry activates within the storytelling parts of our brains we THEN apply AFTER the fact arbitrary labels like “feel” and “reason” and “think” in an attempt to align it with our model of the world and communicate these ideas with others. Citation? You have this interesting habit of asserting things as absolute truths when they’re very clearly not.
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This concept of a mind is just as much as a post-dictive narrative as freewill is, yet you treat it as something tangible. The mind is just as arbitrarily modeled as the idea of yellow is, but at least with yellow we can use tools to measure and confirm frequency. The mind however is just a concept, similar to love in this regard. Yellow is paradoxically more real. Please elaborate. The conception a mind comes directly from the operation of it, so it’s invalid to suggest any independence whatsoever, yet that’s precisely what you’ve done here.
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You’ve misrepresented the definition you shared. The mind is the complex of element processing in an individual, but the referents being processed there are not prerequisite to having a mind as you seem to be suggesting. The mind exists even in the absence of external referents (like those you cite). This all off topic in a thread about freewill though
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As I’m not arguing epiphenomenalism, I’m also NOT arguing that mental events cannot lead to other events themselves. It’s not my position, so I’m technically not evading support of it. I’m saying the decision event occurs prior to conscious awareness. You’re the one who keeps trying to shoehorn the concept of causality into the discussion. And I applaud you for your specificity, sir. Well done. You win the prize today.
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By appealing to more moderates and independents in the general election, those who tend to lack the extreme abortion stances seen so consistently in GOP primaries. On another note, most of this is moot if Joe Manchin (who announced today he’d tip the senate toward GOP control and won’t be running next year in deep red West Virginia) decides after his tour for “speaking out to see if there is an interest in creating a movement to mobilize the middle” to run on a No Labels ticket and siphon away Biden voters (who are more likely to flow to him than Trump voters).
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I don’t know what a realm is in context of neuroscience, but if mental events are not solely due to physical inputs, then what else do you recommend we measure and look at to better understand them? Correct, and maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t. Somewhat peripheral to my stance though I struggle to agree with you here. Why would that be unlikely? What other systems would be worthy of consideration? I understand you agree and this comment confirms that, but your mention of realms isn’t terribly different IMO.
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Perhaps once again you’re posting tongue in cheek, but conversion therapy is dangerous and doesn’t work, just to make that clear.
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Grateful for this
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This proves not only that you’re unfamiliar with the topic, but also that you haven’t paid attention to the resources already shared. We’ve known this is the case for decades, even if you personally did not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroscience_of_free_will#The_point_of_no_return
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His comments will hurt him with the GOP base during the primaries, but not enough to make him lose. His comments will help him during the general election, potentially enough to avoid loss.
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That'd be a great name for a cologne. Beyond that, seems pretty useless. You're free to believe or disbelieve any silly thing you want, but if you plan to defend your beliefs in a public space like this then you'll need to try harder. Again, I can only remind you, it depends on how one defines their terms. You're suggesting QM is truly random, but an entirely valid counter proposal is simply that it's not predictable with current models and tools. These differences matter, and others have already explored exaclty this. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/chance-randomness/#ChanDete This last part may be most useful in bolstering my stance that yours is misguided:
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Indeed, but it only matters if they show up. In a nearby school board election day before yesterday, 2 of the candidates won by only 12 votes. The margins are razor thin, and the districts as drawn aren't very forgiving for apathy and failure to have oneself be counted. I'll note this is itself a fairly key strategy among the GOP right now as they don't necessarily need to beat Biden if they can instead simply convince enough folks who voted for him in 2020 to just not show up next year. This is where Dem strategists are hoping that actively putting abortion on to MORE ballots (like was done in Ohio this week) will be the wedge needed to get more people up off their couches and into voting booths.