http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Banner_686X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner_234X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250 http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo-Watermark_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner-ALT_234X60.jpg Bigthink http://www.bigthink.com/feed/rss/comment/idea/5960 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:11:12 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bigthink.com/life-death/5960 Does it matter if we have no way of knowing what's coming?<br /><br />The brain is a computer. It takes inputs, processes them, and spits out an output. If we understood the process well enough, it would be possible for us to predict every action a person would take (think of a reflex as a simple example). That would make life seem deterministic. But the brain is complex enough, and the number of inputs are so great, that in most cases we cannot predict the reaction of the human brain. So even if every action is based preceding momentum, it can be considered as free from our own perspective Bigthink Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:16:42 +0100 http://www.bigthink.com/life-death/5960/#7762