2007-03-22 17:42:04 · 14 answers · asked by Barbara J 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
will is not physical...it's mental. molecules don't create mental things...
2007-03-22 17:44:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's more like electricity - synaptic firing in the brain creates sensations and movement
The brain is organised into neat little sections, so if you were to put an electrical impulse on the hearing section of the brain (and this has been done) the person would hear a sound that doesn't really exist - same with taste, motor sensory etc.
they are also discovering that the right hemisphere of the brain which is associated with creativity uses similar firing patterns you see with experiencing pleasure - perhaps this is why we find right brain activities more pleasurable than left brain activities (like spacial activity, maths etc)
2007-03-23 00:51:59 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
molecule's are constituent's of cell's.
They combine together to form every part of the human body.
Your heart your brain,... everything.
If your brain work's,.... your'e capable of thought, feeling's, and emotion's.
That case in point alone,... indicate's the role that cell's and molecule's play in the feeling's and will of a human being.
There's nothing magical, blessed or spiritual about it.
It's just plain everyday, basic, anatomical physic's.
2007-03-23 01:26:36 · answer #3 · answered by peanut 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Heisenberg and Shroedinger both say that observers affect molecules, not the other way around. That makes it look like Will is the basic element of the universe.
2007-03-23 00:50:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Science knows a great deal about how the brain works. But you posted your question in R&S instead of Science > Biology, so I suspect you're not interested in knowing what science knows.
Do you assume that our "will" cannot possibly be part of the natural function of our bodies? If so, why do you assume that? Is it because you have been taught to believe that, and have not been taught enough information about how our bodies work?
2007-03-23 00:47:41 · answer #5 · answered by Jim L 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Easy. Your will is the emergent property of your brain. In short: physics. In shorter: computation.
Your brain is a computer. Your 'will', your 'self-awareness', your 'consciousness', briefly, your mind, is nothing but the software that runs on that computer.
Free will is an illusion, and an easily disproved one at that.
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Suspendor:
You misinterpret Heisenburg and Schrodinger. There is no reason that an observer must be conscious or self aware. An observation is not an act of will, it is any situation that causes the collapse of a wavestate. Two entangled electrons separated, and one interacting with another electron so that the two entangled electrons collapse into a specific spin state, is an observation, even if no conscious mind is there to observe it.
2007-03-23 00:44:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
For a decent answer to that, I recommend reading "The Selfish Gene," By Richard Dawkins.
it's a good read for this kinda thing.
2007-03-23 00:49:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The brain is a vast analog computer made of...
wait for it...
MOLECULES!!!
2007-03-23 01:15:51 · answer #8 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can people ask questions of random internet users that are destined for neuroscientists?
2007-03-23 00:46:36 · answer #9 · answered by Some Dude 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On the level of quantum mechanics they can control what we attract while we vibrate. Therefore perhaps influencing our will.
2007-03-23 00:45:45 · answer #10 · answered by MaHaMeHe 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋