As a bio major, I figured "free will" meant chemicals in your brain telling you what to do, the molecules bouncing around in a way that felt like choosing but was actually the dance of little gears--neurons and hormones bubbling up into decisions like clockwork. You don't use your body; it uses you.
Scott WesterfeldAlek said, "Do you think I'm being a fool?" "I think you're trying to do something good. But doing good is rarely easy, and no weapon has ever stopped a war.
Scott WesterfeldI'm not the one going for a biology degree. I'm just a philosophy major who eats people.
Scott WesterfeldTally-When you looked around at everyone else how come you didnโt notice they were brain damaged? Az - We didnโt have much to compare our fellow citizens with. Only a few colleagues who seemed different from most people, more engaged, but that was hardly a surprise. History would indicate that the majority of people have always been sheep. Before the operation there were wars and mass hatred and clear cutting. Whatever these lesions make us, it isnโt a far cry from how humanity was in the rusty era. These days weโre just a bit easier to manage.
Scott Westerfeld