Do you realize what this really means? Beeing able to read a thought even before it reaches the test-subject's conscience? This is an evidence that our so-called free will is only an illusion, as our sub-conscience formulates a thought, (read: makes a decision) before we are consciently aware of that thought. It would mean that we are constantly executing our sub-consciently formulated thoughts or decisions while being convinced that we act on our free will. So, when you answer a maths question, the response has been given milliseconds before you became aware of it and told the examiner yourself. When you lift your right arm, the decision to do that was made milliseconds before you actually "decide" to lift it.
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Do you realize what this really means? Beeing able to read a thought even before it reaches the test-subject's conscience? This is an evidence that our so-called free will is only an illusion, as our sub-conscience formulates a thought, (read: makes a decision) before we are consciently aware of that thought. It would mean that we are constantly executing our sub-consciently formulated thoughts or decisions while being convinced that we act on our free will.
So, when you answer a maths question, the response has been given milliseconds before you became aware of it and told the examiner yourself. When you lift your right arm, the decision to do that was made milliseconds before you actually "decide" to lift it.