There was nothing on TV tonight that I wanted to watch. So I was flipping around the channels and I hear a guy talking about how the people make decisions. This topic interests me so I stop and listen. It turns out that I am on PBS watching The Brain with David Eagleman. This episode (season 1, episode 4) discussed some of the influences that affect how human beings make decisions. They discussed many factors that I was totally unaware of that help create create the decisions that we think of as "ours".
We all tend to think of our "self" as a thing which we control. This show was a fascinating look into the components that "self" and the influences that exert control over it. I put this thread in the Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality category because it seems to me that this is the proper forum for exploring who we are and what is real. This show taught me some things about who I am and what is real. If you are about to get this show where you live I highly recommend that you give it a try.
We all tend to think of our "self" as a thing which we control. This show was a fascinating look into the components that "self" and the influences that exert control over it. I put this thread in the Philosophy, Religion and Spirituality category because it seems to me that this is the proper forum for exploring who we are and what is real. This show taught me some things about who I am and what is real. If you are about to get this show where you live I highly recommend that you give it a try.