Reply To: Good News: And No Religion, Too
Lew, yes, I have met people who consider they have a choice to decide what to do.
But I have not met anyone who thinks that this is because they are “an independent ‘self’ not subject to cause and effect.” That would imply that you could think anything you wanted, irrespective of your past and present experiences as recorded (or whatever) in your brain.
That’s the view I meant was absurd and contrary to the scientific evidence (of neurology). This has established that thinking and deciding is linked to movements within the brain. Even the concept of “self” is, as this is based on memory and memory is also linked to movements in the brain.
I agree that the neither the neurology, nor even less the metaphysics, of thinking and deciding affect the case for socialism (or everyday life).