Free will experiments reveal how little we know about our minds

Re:Free will experiments reveal how little we know about our... by nota_bene on Friday August 07, 2015 @08:25AM (#10022020)

> if we discovered that we have no free will we'd still have free will to act on a certain way upon it

No because we'd actually act upon it because of purely logical chains (1) of cause and effect, not free will.

(1) Or rather "networks" (of cause end effect) that work through all of the (currently 4) dimensions.

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Re:Free will experiments reveal how little we know about our... by coldtea on Friday August 07, 2015 @08:35AM (#10022057)

>No because we'd actually act upon it because of purely logical chains (1) of cause and effect, not free will

First of all, the discovery itself wouldn't be an action of "free will".

Second, who said we can act on "purely logical chains of cause and effect" when there's no free will? Whether we act on those chains or not will already be predetermined by the "no free will" mechanism determining our actions.

If anything, as societies we act pretty illogical a lot of the time (heck, even most), for stuff scientifically known to be BS.

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Re:Free will experiments reveal how little we know about our... by nota_bene on Friday August 07, 2015 @08:47AM (#10022106)

All correct, except:

> as societies we act pretty illogical

It just looks that way on the surface. Below the surface, you can track all decisions back to their causes (down to "the smallest" scope).

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