Michael Gazzaniga: Your Storytelling Brain

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[DaTux]

My high school teacher from years back told me about these experiments. Combined with other experiments they very strongly suggest that there is no such thing as a conscious free will. In the other experiments it was shown that the brain already prepares to perform a certain action some time before the person even consciously decides to perform this action. So the idea is that the subconscious brain constantly decides stuff while the left hemisphere makes up a story to explain these decisions.

[faisalboker]

I am AMAZED by how ppl can link anything and i mean anything to religions
mean srsly

[TruthSurge]

It is true. When you dissect something and understand its innermost workings, you can never view it in the same way again. The initial magic IS gone. It's the same thing almost when you are the creator of this magical thing such as a painting or music or movie, etc. You cannot EVER enjoy your creation in the same way someone else who sees it as the whole can. For him to say otherwise is simply wrong.

[MrAniketShedge]

Damn! Making sense of this requires undivided attention!

[DSDMovies]

I wonder what the "Interpreter"'s role in dreams is. I've often noticed external sounds get incorporated into the narrative of dreams, many times having an in-dream cause that precedes the noise being heard, so the ear hears the sounds, the dream makes up a reason for it and THEN plays it inside the dream. Post event rationalisation being inserted into the dream prior to the event itself.

[TaleDreamer]

@Adaerus The equivalence of the definition of light then and now shouldn't be conveniently made equal. Case in such, a text must be defined in the light of the author's intentions; otherwise, any word arrangement in language could be assigned to many meaningful interpretations. Some considerations can be derived from their expected train of thought. "Why light? Well, any skilled artisan would know that a light source is needed before you could start work." is a good start, for example.

[Inmatinus]

@BrianMansiMedia
A good definition of science is:
¨Systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation.¨
A good definition of Logic is:
¨the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.¨

[TheSuperCommentGuy]

@manonthemount Newton's 1st law states (and I quote):
"Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it."
What is the first mover? It has to begin somewhere, does it not? Is this not proven by it's own statement? That is why it is called a proof.

[marineninga]

@Ligermorph "Everything in life must contribute, otherwise it will be eliminated" Tony Robbins, like weeds in a garden and pests in a farm if something causes pain or destruction the first course of action is to remove it. Perhaps this is the foundation to purpose, to give, to contribute. Than again, Friedrich Nietzsche would say "You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist."
I'm only giving alternate perspectives.

[Inmatinus]

@Instinctinside
So tell me a few things.
- Why was there a dot of energy.
- No time? Okay tell me can a arrow move from A to B if there is no time?
- What created it, is it eternal?
- Why did you not answer the question, Something is not nothing. If there is something it is the polar opposite of nothing.

[mamagoochi]

You my friend...have given me a purpose to live...

[svicciarelli]

thanks for this. I know I'm richer for all the cognitive science books I've been reading the past couple of years, mostly Pinker and a lot of the folks he references.

[DaTux]

However, free would not completely be an illusion, we supposedly do have "free won't". This means the conscious self is able to use a veto against the decisions of the subconscious brain. This idea was mainly suggested, I think, to make sure people still can be held responsible for their own actions.

[JetsuSeal]

Finally, when it comes to arguing the veracity of any idea, concept or philosophy on the very same video which brings into question the validity of how we arrive at any idea, concept or philosophy, none is actually TRUE, REASONABLE, SCIENTIFIC because those same concepts are inherently under scrutiny as well. Good Day.

[mikedimples]

(read third) Not only that when I question God's motivations or why he did something that I see an obvious superior solution to, they are quick to shush my curiosity up with sayings like "One cannot understand something as divine as God's will." I think it's safe to say most Christians are content with not knowing, because once you start asking questions and looking deeper into Christianity you start to see how seemingly almost cruel and unjust God's actions seem.

[Quand]

@Ligermorph ... he said it explained physical actions; not mental ones

[Adaerus]

@TeleDreamer that is a logical argument. I've been trying to understand aboutthe Higgs boson. Scientists say it is very difficult to explain it to people without using really advanced mathematical concepts. So they tried to explain it with a hat. I knew the hat was the shape of the potential energy graph but the explanations if taken out of context sounded like higgs boson was on a hat. So there is a possibility that "let there be light" might be more than "let me see what I'm doing".

[theorangeshirts]

@DaTux91 I also heard about this. However, the consciousness always has the option to veto what the unconsciousness has set up. The same guy who made the discovery you mentioned call this version of "free will", "free won't".

[handsomebrick]

Northrop Frye argued that the fear of our aesthetical sensibilities becoming diminished somehow through study is an irrational and silly one, as geologists have no difficulty in appreciating the beauty of mountains.

[TaraDobbs]

I'm a master of tapping into my left hemisphere. It's entertaining when I'm bored. It keeps be guessing about the world around me. It keeps me questioning why I'm here. My left hemisphere really helps me learn and I can't get enough of it even if I'm 'telling stories' to myself about my surroundings. It's also why I'm writing a new novel loosely based on many of my life's real events that I experinced and learned from. It's fun and exciting.