Originally Posted by
Os3y3ris
This IS a semantics thread. :-)
But anyways, let me clarify my position.
Now, by free will, I mean action based on impulses stemming from the one called "I". I propose that instead of action stemming from I, that all action is based on the mathematics of our brains programming, stored in a normally inaccessible area that for the purposes of this dicussion, I will refer to as "Other". This mathematics propels us into perpetual motion. Now, the illusion of free will stems from the seperation of I and Other. I has no idea the existence of Other and instead, except for the philosophers, ignore the source of free will. However, when asked about free will, agents of I think and ponder. Surely there is a source, a reason, a cause, correct? How do you know free will exists? If your answer is anything but "Because I.", if there is any rationalizing, if there is any thought required, then I, which is You, is not the source. It is something seperate from I, which can also be said to be the ego.
Should I meet Other there exists, based on the specifics of an individuals equation, the possibility of a crash similar to a computer error. I is most certainly rebooted and reset and that may undermine the functioning of Other, essentially destroying the will, free or otherwise.
Essentially, the mind can be manipulated like any mathematically based machine. Just like if you give contradictory commands to a computer, the mind too will crash.
