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4/4/2015 6:01:33 PM
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[Discussion Thread] Free Will
Do you believe that humans have free will?
This debate is long standing, and has huge ethical implications. I am making this post to collect arguments on both sides of the debate.
Please vote, and then answer these questions:
[quote]Why do you think your choice is correct?[/quote]
[quote]What are the implications of the opposition being correct?[/quote]
[i]Please be calm and respectful in this thread, I encourage discussion, and disagreement is fine, but keep it civil. [/i]
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If you're talking about everything being preordained, then yes, I believe free will exists. If you're asking do we consciously decide what we're going to do? Then no, free will does not exist. Several studies have shown areas of the brain triggering to make a decision whole seconds before the participants where aware of having made the decision (which is a pretty long time neurologically speaking). What's more, these areas act similar to electronic capacitors, with the "charge" that eventually leads to a decision being made starting to build minutes to hours before hand.
