Example:
Hym "See, I'm coming at it from the
contingent angle when I think I should be coming at it from the random angle... Let's run it through... When it comes
to brain activity... Is it determined,
yes or no? If no then it's random. If yes, then what is that determining factor determined by? Ok. So that least me to think: I decide to eat something. If I'm hungry before I eat then you can say my decision was contingent on my hunger and I don't control my hunger, therefore, determined. But if I forgo eating when I'm hungry then what? What could that possibly be determined by? What us the decision to forgo eating contingent upon? If nothing, is it random? Am I randomly forgoing food? If the decision to forgo eating is not contingent on anything, is it random or is it deliberate? Can't be both. Can't be neither. I have food. I could eat. Why am I not eating? Is it random? I don't see how it's impossible to make a non-contigent conscious decision... To not eat. And you can say, well, if it's deliberate, to you control the
neurons that are telling your mind-brain to not eat? And to that I say, I don't need to manually
combust the gas in my engine to control where the car goes. Internally, I'm doing (deliberately) what equates to pressing the gas and
tilting the wheel. I think there's some
conflation going on here."