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Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 13:50:04 -0500
From: Randolfe Wicker <>
Subject: Re: Brain activity precedes action.

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Brain activity preceding a conscious decision and motion, as described in Scott 
Badger's posting is most fascinating.


As I understand this, it means that decision making is a process we make almost 
involuntarily in some instances.  Our brain processes a thought "my hand is 
touching a very hot stove" for one-half a second before it tells the hand to 
pull away.  It is that half second "processing delay" that causes us to burn 
ourselves.


Am I correct is assuming that when someone tells us something, a mental process 
(running automatically like a computer program) analyzes the facts and decides 
for us whether we believe the person is telling the truth or is lying.  I would 
think this would be scientific evidence that "we" as functioning minds really 
are a series of "programs" that automatically process information and direct 
physical or intellectual responses.


Randolfe H. Wicker
Founder, Clone Rights United Front www.clonerights.com 
Spokesperson, Reproductive Cloning Network, www.reproductivecloning.net 
Correspondent, Stem Cells Club, www.stemcellsclub.com
Advisor, The Immortality Institute, www.imminst.org 
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