Here I stand. I can do no other.
ML
Attributed to Martin Luther when he appeared at the Diet of Worms in 1521
We Are Our Brains – A Book 🕮 by Dick Swaab
“We Are Our Brains: From the Womb to Alzheimer’s” is a book by Dick Swaab, a renowned neuroscientist who presents a biography of the human brain, from infancy to adulthood to old age. The book reveals how our most mysterious organ predetermines nearly everything about us. Swaab draws on a half-century of his own groundbreaking research to show that everything we think, do, and refrain from doing is determined by our brains.
An infant believes that of its own free will it desires milk
A hot-headed youth believes he freely desires vengeance
A coward believes he freely desires to run away
A delirious man, a garrulous woman, a child … believe that they speak from the free decision of their mind, when in reality unable to restrain their impulse to talk.
Spinoza shows that characteristics are innate. You cannot change them.
Our current knowledge of neurology makes it clear that there is no such thing as absolute freedom. Many genetic factors and environmental influences in early development, through their effects on our brain development, determine the structure, and therefore the function of our brains for the rest of our lives.
Swaab
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