tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847383858005493909.post7431884052893816543..comments2023-11-02T09:44:40.394+00:00Comments on Sarah Blogwell's Bake: SoldiersSarah Blogwell's Bakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06414093702208878056noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847383858005493909.post-38105579233624797252011-04-15T13:24:56.846+01:002011-04-15T13:24:56.846+01:00Oops, I realize you do know now WHY you took the p...Oops, I realize you do know now WHY you took the photo... I meant to suggest HOW you took it.Ragini Wernerhtpp://www.needser.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847383858005493909.post-11117422067729292222011-04-15T13:22:54.007+01:002011-04-15T13:22:54.007+01:00Nice photo! Still don't know why you took it? ...Nice photo! Still don't know why you took it? Well, free will probably had nothing to do with it. Subconsciously your brain registered the colours/composition and decided (for you) to take the photo. From <i>New Scientist</i> 2803 pp. 34-35: Sam Harris in <b>The Moral Landscape</b>, cites experiments by Libet and others which show that activity in the brain's motor regions can be detected 350 milliseconds before a person is aware of deciding to move, and that some decisions can be predicted up to 10 seconds before people are aware of having made them. "All our behaviour can be traced to biological events about which we have no conscious knowledge," writes Harris. "This has always suggested that free will is an illusion."Ragini Wernerhtpp://www.needser.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4847383858005493909.post-87790370864967880612010-12-23T17:55:18.762+00:002010-12-23T17:55:18.762+00:00Hi Freaky Boy Hood - thanks! It's definitely m...Hi Freaky Boy Hood - thanks! It's definitely more fun trying to figure out afterwards why we do things...<br />SarahSarah Blogwell's Bakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06414093702208878056noreply@blogger.com