I gliding on a geodesic,

storm-etched by yesterday;

the destination is unknown,

but the route has converged.

#IPWT #SOO #free_will

#Consciousness is a state of #Cognition. Cognition is a necessary condition for #Life, but consciousness isn't. Almost all cognitive processes are unconscious and will become conscious only when there are alternative options available requiring the conscious entity to exercise their #free_will and make a deliberate choice.

Making choices requires an #Environment where deliberation (competition) and #Selection can emerge. For unconscious living beings, the only available environment is the one external to them, where #Evolution happens. Conscious beings, in contrast, have also an additional *internal* #Learning environment where they can make deliberations and choose between competing alternatives more or less independently from what happens outside.

What is free will? Getting started up on my new Mastodon account here...I moved from SFBA server to main Mastodon server today. So some of you will have seen this post already.
#immortality #free_will #sylvia #unpredictability #wolfram

https://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2023/03/08/free-will-immortality-and-sylvia/