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whenhaveiever t1_itsbttw wrote

  1. In the article, the author says, “We don’t perceive the world, make decisions, or perform actions directly. Instead, we do all these things unconsciously and then—about half a second later—consciously remember doing them." I can't tell why they expect it to be about half a second though.
  2. Separate from this theory, we already know our pre-conscious processing fills in false details. That's why you don't see the blind spots caused by your optic nerves, and why you do see optical illusions.
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norby2 t1_itsvkmw wrote

The determinist universe does the action and we paste on the interpretation. See: interpreter, gazzanigga

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