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I get Erma Bombeck's humor more now 😁 This was a great nostalgic read bringing me back to my 20s and earlier; fun!

In the mood for something light and easy

#SpringSkies #NFtechnology

A little too flowery at times and def slightly dated, but still a really beautiful and fascinating delve into the beauty and insanity of living.

Read partially with grace. Found at mom's house.

Check out Kim's book recommendation on Book Interrupted‘s Manuscript Monday. She got a little help from Dax Shepherd on this one.

https://www.bookinterrupted.com/post/manuscript-monday-behave

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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

This book was great, but prepare to do some heavy lifting emotionally and intellectually. Some of the science in here is degree-level stuff.

This is a highly technical rundown of all the factors underpinning the sociobiology and neurobiology of behaviour. It's fascinating stuff & quite an achievement.

I'm not sold on the theory that free will doesn't exist, but otherwise a solid, rational, & cerebral read.

Plus a tasty wagon wheel.

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"that we personally can cause change."

But not through any volition of our own?

Make up your mind, Sapolsky. Do we have agency? Can we effect causality? I'm not sure you're as committed to this "no free will" as you make out ?

If he is simply saying that our ability to make decisions and act is organic rather than magical, I wouldn't argue.

I shall have to read his new book "Determined" to explore his thoughts further...

Follow on from previous post.

Maybe a more pertinent question is what is sentience?The difference between the mechanical decision and the less easier to define WILL and IDENTITY behind an action.

Perhaps what neuroscience is yet to discover is the basis of sentience; whereas the field has made enormous leaps in the neurobiology of behaviour, we are yet to uncover the physiological basis of our sense of self or recreate it artificially.

This chapter argues with alarming sense against free will & I am shaken.

I need an equally intelligent person of science to counter Sapolsky's conclusions in this chapter!

The thought that there could be no essence to our personhood beyond predetermined biological mush is terrifying. What about meaning? Identity? Sentience? Morality?

If we are without agency, operating as robotic products of essential biology... what's the point in anything?