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		mcphage on Nov 8, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Benjamin Libet's argument against free will is bei... > and that the spike was visible before the person was consciously taking the decision Or does that just mean that our ability to measure when a decision is made is flawed?

rpmisms on Nov 8, 2019 [–]

That's the point of the article. It shows that the spike is irrelevant.

mcphage on Nov 10, 2019 | [–]

Right... I just never got why the experiment was significant in the first place.

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