Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!wor-mein!pete From: pete@wor-mein.UUCP (Pete Turner) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Free Will and Self-Awareness Message-ID: <1365@wor-mein.UUCP> Date: 10 May 88 15:27:49 GMT References: <8805092354.AA05852@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: pete@wor-mein.UUCP (Pete Turner) Organization: Quantum Medical Systems, Issaquah WA Lines: 17 In article <8805092354.AA05852@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> eyal@COYOTE.STANFORD.EDU (Eyal Mozes) writes: >all the evidence I'm >familiar with points to the fact that it's always possible for a human >being to control his thoughts by a conscious effort. > What evidence is this? In my own experience, while I can generally concentrate most of my thinking on a particular subject, occassional apparently irrelevant thoughts drop in unbidden. If a particularly positive or negative experience has occurred recently in my life, no amount of concentration will keep thoughts of it from popping up at any time. Am I unusual? I don't think so. Starting right now, don't think about an elephant.