https://alamrafiul.com/tags/philosophy-of-mind/ Recent content in Philosophy-of-Mind on Rafiul Alam https://alamrafiul.com/papermod-cover.png https://alamrafiul.com/papermod-cover.png Hugo -- gohugo.io en Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://alamrafiul.com/blogs/free-will-psychological-illusion/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://alamrafiul.com/blogs/free-will-psychological-illusion/ <p>At 3:47 PM on a Tuesday, I decided to quit my job and start a company.</p> <p>Or did I?</p> <p><strong>Maybe the decision was already made</strong> by unconscious neural processes seconds before I became aware of it.</p> <p><strong>Maybe</strong> my genes, my upbringing, my brain chemistry, and the exact configuration of neurons firing that afternoon <strong>determined</strong> that choice, and the feeling of choosing was just a story my brain told itself afterward.</p>