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Wednesday 7 November 2012

Inspiration for the Day

A central aspect of consciousness is the ability to look ahead, the capability we call “foresight.” It is the ability to plan, and in social terms to outline a scenario of what is likely going to happen, or what might happen, in social interactions that have not yet taken place…. It is a system whereby we improve our chances of doing those things that will represent our own best interests…. I suggest that “free will” is our apparent ability to choose and act upon whichever of those seem most useful or appropriate, and our insistence upon the idea that such choices are our own. (Richard D. Alexander) — Darwinism and Human Affairs, University of Washington Press, 1979