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from where action comes

Submitted by Wil Franklin on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 10:04am.

interested in the implications of Emily's poem for the origin of action. at first, i thought that there was no room for "God" in this concept of the brain containing everything. if action originates from the brain, then there is no divine intervention? but, where does the brain come from? "God" could still be the creator who set in motion all the multitudes of diverse individual brains.

alternatively, brains emerged from timeless interactions of matter and energy, which in turn is neither created or destroyed, only changes in form.

i just want a story that allows for "free will". still considering the evidence.

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