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Old 10-18-2007, 04:07 PM
Borodog Borodog is offline
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Default Re: The illusion of agency/intent

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The researchers showed that people performed certain motor actions before they were consciously aware of the intention to do so.

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This is the crux of the question. The fact that motor actions can be initiated prior to the actor being aware of the intention to act does not mean that prior intention does not exist.

I would just like at ask why there is so much arguing going on if nobody is intent on having an argument. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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