{"id":3008,"date":"2015-10-19T21:04:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T21:04:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=3008"},"modified":"2015-10-19T21:04:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T21:04:53","slug":"think-your-conscious-brain-directs-your-actions-think-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=3008","title":{"rendered":"Think Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions? Think Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2015\/08\/02\/think-your-conscious-brain-directs-your-actions-think-again\/','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/singularityhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/conscious-decision-making-dethroned-11.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'http:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2015\/08\/02\/think-your-conscious-brain-directs-your-actions-think-again\/\\'&gt;Think Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions? Think Again - Singularity HUB&lt;\/a&gt;6978 38 Think your deliberate, guiding, conscious thoughts are in charge of your actions? Think again. In a provocative new paper in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, a team led by Dr. Ezequiel Morsella at San Francisco State University came to a startling conclusion: consciousness is no more than a passive machine running one simple algorithm - to serve up what\\'s already been decided, and take credit for the decision.&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsingularityhub.com%2F2015%2F08%2F02%2Fthink-your-conscious-brain-directs-your-actions-think-again%2F\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Powered by Embedly\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Embedly Powered\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;media-attribution\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;via &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;http:\/\/singularityhub.com\\&quot; class=\\&quot;media-attribution-link\\&quot; target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot;&gt;Singularity HUB&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;'}\">\n<div class=\"embedly\" style=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/singularityhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/conscious-decision-making-dethroned-11.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" \/><a class='embedly-title' target='_blank' href='http:\/\/singularityhub.com\/2015\/08\/02\/think-your-conscious-brain-directs-your-actions-think-again\/'>Think Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions? 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In a provocative new paper in Behavioral and Brain Sciences, a team led by Dr. Ezequiel Morsella at San Francisco State University came to a startling conclusion: consciousness is no more than a passive machine running one simple algorithm &#8211; to serve up what&#8217;s already been decided, and take credit for the decision.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsingularityhub.com%2F2015%2F08%2F02%2Fthink-your-conscious-brain-directs-your-actions-think-again%2F\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attribution\"><span>via <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/singularityhub.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Singularity HUB<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"embedly-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think Your Conscious Brain Directs Your Actions? 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