Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Absolutely true, however it's a bit overzealous to jump from starting to understand how the brain works to materialistic assumptions about the nature of consciousness of free will.


See, from my perspective it's overzealous to assume that the conscious mind is not materialistic in nature.

With a question as ill-posed as the nature of consciousness, what's reasonable and what's overzealous depends entirely on your perspective.


Yes it's overzealous to assume either way. That's why it's philosophy not science.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: