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The psychologists are the worst pseudo biologists as I have mentioned before -literally churning out thesis after thesis which use TDCS/TRNS/brain scans/zapping to validate the psychiatric categories without a thought as to what it means/its value.

Since you mentioned free will in your other post, it still doesn't seem to clear to me how your model invokes free will- kind of what I was trying to ask in my previous comment.

The modern arguments (or nonsense du jour if preferred) is that without being able to choose our thoughts (immaterial as they are) - free will is impossible. For example, if asked to think of a movie, the one which appears as a thought is just random, and if one then changes their mind by thinking of another film the choice is still not ones' own.

I would make the distinction that free will is actually the freedom to act on ones thoughts as distinct from freedom to choose those thoughts. For example, I can't choose to think about locking myself out of my house but I have the freedom to bring that situation to being if I, for example, post my keys through the letterbox whilst I am outside the door-random example but I think it makes the distinction clear.

The psychologists love going an about the Libet experiments as proof of no free will also which would be interesting to read your take on.

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The brain is a Dimensional Processor, constantly seeking Meaning beyond its own Dimensional existence.

Some brains fixate at the lower level of dimension eg 1-D, 2-D, 3-D, 4-D, resulting in all types of dimensional experiences and existence.

Stones, Plants, Animals, Humans...to be understood in terms of Dimensional existence (not the String Theory).

When Biology is reduced to Physics, we go from 5-D to 3-D with pseudo 4th D, generated by electricity.

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