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What is the main point of the text?
What is the main point of the text?
- Free will is an illusion
- Legal systems and economic theories are not affected by free will
- Neuroscience has all the answers about free will
- The subconscious controls our lives more than we think (correct)
What is the significance of free will in society?
What is the significance of free will in society?
- It only affects individuals, not society as a whole
- It is a philosophical concept with no practical applications
- It is important for legal systems and economic theories (correct)
- It has no impact on society
How can understanding the interplay between conscious and unconscious help us?
How can understanding the interplay between conscious and unconscious help us?
- It can help us control our subconscious completely
- It has no practical applications in daily life
- It can help us understand what we can and cannot control (correct)
- It can help us become more aware of our subconscious thoughts
What is free will?
What is free will?
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How does the brain explain our actions?
How does the brain explain our actions?
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What does the Libet experiment suggest?
What does the Libet experiment suggest?
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What did Dr. Maoz's research attempt to do?
What did Dr. Maoz's research attempt to do?
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What does the fable about Ulysses offer as a solution?
What does the fable about Ulysses offer as a solution?
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Is neuroscience a well-established field when it comes to free will?
Is neuroscience a well-established field when it comes to free will?
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Does the extent of our free will depend on the definition?
Does the extent of our free will depend on the definition?
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Study Notes
- The subconscious controls our lives more than we are aware of.
- Free will is important for social pillars such as legal systems and economic theories.
- The interplay between conscious and unconscious can help us understand what we can and cannot control.
- Free will is the sense that we control ourselves and our environment.
- The brain puts together reasons for things we do that we think are under our full conscious control.
- The Libet experiment suggests that big, important life decisions may be unconscious.
- Dr. Maoz's research attempted to observe brain signals in real time to predict decisions made in a two-choice game.
- A fable about Ulysses offers a solution for taking control back from the subconscious.
- Neuroscience is a newcomer to the field of free will.
- The extent of our free will depends on the definition, but we can act according to our desires and wishes to some extent.
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