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never987not987 t1_iuhgqov wrote

Reply to comment by mistersmith_22 in Conscious Reality Is Only a Memory of Unconscious Actions, Scientists Propose In Radical New Theory by mossadnik

Google research on split brain patients and you’ll see why it’s true. Free will is a mirage.

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Extension-Ad-2760 t1_iuhjgpt wrote

Or maybe... just hear me out here... someone with a serious mental condition is different to someone without one?

"Google research on sociopaths and you'll see why it's true. Empathy is a mirage"

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never987not987 t1_iuhp5qo wrote

You’re comparing apples to oranges and don’t understand the research.

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Extension-Ad-2760 t1_iuih5x8 wrote

And you're immediately doing an inaccurate ad hominem because you can't think of a good argument against what I said.

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never987not987 t1_iuik4ac wrote

There’s plenty of research on this topic in healthy populations as well. It’s well documented that the decision to act happens well before we are conscious of that decision.

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Extension-Ad-2760 t1_iuimwzt wrote

Yes, I've seen a lot of that. It's never a complex decision, merely detection of brainwaves in preparation of a decision.

Make no mistake, subconscious activity has a lot of effect. But you have absolutely no basis to say that consciousness is an illusion. It's ironic to say that I don't understand the research - you're claiming knowledge on a very complex topic apparently based entirely off of confirmation basis.

Let's just both admit that we don't know how much the subconscious affects our conscious being. But it would be stupid to say that either the subconscious or the conscious is a mirage. They are both real and affect each other.

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