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sitting on the fence

Submitted by shikha on Mon, 01/26/2009 - 3:45am.

Between the two theories, I am going to choose to sit on the fence for now. While Dickinson's theory that everything is a construct of our brain and that brain = behavior is quite appealing to me, I find it hard to believe that our behavior is a result of only the interaction of molecules. I'd like to think that there is something other than the brain that controls our behavior. Otherwise would we not behave for the sole purpose of reward? How does altruism play into this? How can something like morality simply be a result of firing neurons? However, could all these be emergent qualities of the interactions between molecules?

I cannot decide which theory I believe in more and am curious to know where I'll stand in May.

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