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Whilst waiting for a post to clear moderation, I’ll throw in my counter to the idea of free will, to whit, “Constrained Will”. Whatever the cause of our actions, when we claim it as an “intention” we must always […]

Hi Zeug #101 Sorry for the delay responding to this. It seems my availability and RDnet’s availability didn’t coincide sufficiently. This- The comparison between consciousness and free will falls flat because […]

Another thought:  Our drive to build society is built into our DNA.  Our societies are built the way they are for the same reasons that bees build hives and beavers build dams.  See, Blueprint, the Evolutionary Or […]

Zeug #113, In addition to what you and I have said, I have another post awaiting moderation that speaks to behavior viz-a-vis Sapolaski.  The mods must be on break now — they’re entitled, it’s Saturday.

Michael 100, at #112:   From the gene’s point of view, I don’t think morality plays any part.   Exactly. This is why appeals to natural law are doomed as ethical frameworks: nature is fundamentally amora […]

Ok, so we have a rapist and a book that taught us to see behavior from the gene’s point of view.    LaurieB # 111, continued:.  From the gene’s point of view, I don’t think morality plays any part.  M […]

LaurieB # 111 So, I went to Sapolsky’s Determined.  To understand any action taken by a Sapiens, we must start with activity in the neuron in the brain.    Then show me that this neuron’s actions were not influe […]

Michael 100 #106 The good news is that when Weinstein was released from New York prison he was  immediately transferred to a California prison to begin serving a 16 year sentence for rape.  On a somewhat r […]

Strato, #107 I think it was brave of you to speak the truth at your mother’s funeral. You did the right thing.

Everyone’s been mentioning Robert Sapolsky a lot here, so now I’m going to find out what all the fuss is about. Reading Determined: The Science of Life Without Free Will here (it was either that or Behave, but […]