I’ve been beating around the ‘free will bush’ all my life. For the first forty years, I ‘knew’ I had free will. I could do anything I set my mind to. Yep, such certainty is especially strong in youth, and naturally so! Around forty, I began to look for biological evidence of free will. Any […]
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Discomfort and Pain
The Science News’ article Hurt Blocker got me thinking about pain and the ways we deal with it. While this research is really about physical pain, the principle applies to all pain. How we deal with discomfort and pain results in numerous unintended consequences. If we knew at what point, in our avoidance of discomfort, […]
Continue reading…Undecided? You bet!
Ha, ha! Up until today, I have remained undecided whom to vote for President. Searching for a photo to adorn this post, I came across this one; it was perfect. It highlights the chorus of ridicule I’ve heard aimed lately at the undecided ‘wishywashers’ among us. I am tempted to return the favor. However, examining […]
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