I frequently come across statements on Free Will, dressed up as science or philosophy, that are religion in drag. Based on this unfirm foundation, the analysis goes sideways. A thought experiment can help tidy things up. The illusion that Free Will is an illusion The core argument: human behavior is composed of material mechanisms material mechanisms can be…

Enough! I confess. I am, at heart, a technical writer — my objective is a lucid presentation of ideas. This is a departure. This is a rant. That feels a bit wrong…but it has allowed me to connect my callow young grumpiness with the seasoned grumpiness I’ve achieved over time. So… Slowly I turned …

Part 1 related why I think the discounting consciousness is wrong as in misguided. Part 2, here, explains why I think the idea is wrong as in damaging! What I find disturbing is the gap between the experimental findings and the conceptual framework the authors lead with It’s back! As far as…

Over the past few months, I’ve added a fairly rigorous discussion of Free Will and a two-part rant on Consciousness to Medium. During the process, I made a point of reading what others had posted on the topics, adding Claps and trading comments with a variety of interesting folks. I…