There will always be some delay between the first neuropsychological events that kindle my next conscious thought and the thought itself. And even if they weren’t – even if all mental states were truly coincident with their underlying brain states – I cannot decide what I will next think or intend until a thought or intention arises. What will my next mental state be? I do not know – it just happens. Where is the freedom in that?
-Sam Harris
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