If choices and decisions derive from hidden mental processes, then free choice is either an illusion or, at minimum, more tightly constrained than previously considered.
David EaglemanLove was not specified in the design of your brain; it is merely an endearing algorithm that freeloads on the leftover processing cycles.
David EaglemanThe three-pound organ in your skull - with its pink consistency of Jell-o - is an alien kind of computational material. It is composed of miniaturized, self-configuring parts, and it vastly outstrips anything we've dreamt of building.
David Eagleman