
“Sue: Do you think you have free will? Pat: If you mean ‘Are my decisions not caused?’ surely not. From everything we know, the brain is a causal machine. It goes from state to state as a result of antecedent conditions, and if the antecedent conditions were different, the state would have been different.”
―
―
“What the brain really needed was space without volume. So it took a radical leap and did something unparalleled in the history of life on Earth. It began storing information and memories outside itself, on stone, papyrus, paper, computer chips, and film.”
―
―
Olasz’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Olasz’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Olasz
Lists liked by Olasz