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In reply to the discussion: Free will and consciousness [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)The thoughts that arise in our conscious minds originate from an unknown place, unchosen by our conscious minds - to choose a thought would mean to already have that thought in your mind, which would mean you didn't just choose your thought (infinite regress). The thought had to have originated from somewhere. It can't be your consciousness, since that would mean your very same consciousness already had that thought in mind.
You can't have a separate consciousness (which is also you) in your mind choosing your thoughts for your consciousness. It makes no sense. Thoughts have to originate from somewhere and it can't be from consciousness. Our conscious minds aren't the authors of our conscious thoughts. Thoughts pop into our conscious minds as we think. Words flow into our conscious minds as we write.
There's no doubt that we experience color. There's no controversy there (unlike free will, which needs to be proven). How the brain produces the different conscious experiences, including color, can never be fully understood. We see an object with a particular dominant wave length of light and we experience a particular color. We can't choose how we experience the color. It's automatic.
No one can ever fully know how our brains create any conscious experience, including how our brains create our thoughts. It's impossible to know how our brains create our conscious thoughts. Scientists can map our brains with different imaging techniques and learn the different brain pathways, but the ultimate question about how can our brains create our thoughts can never be answered. It's automatic.
Free wills are as elusive as souls. I consider both to be impossible. A lot of people believe we have them but they can't properly defend them. When we explain brain processes, they sure seem to be absent. The burden of proof is on those that believe they exist. Daniel Do wasn't demonstrating ignorance.