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Benjamin Libet (/ˈlɪbət/;[1] April 12, 1916 – July 23, 2007) was an American neuroscientist who was a pioneer in the field of human consciousness. Libet was a researcher in the physiology department of the University of California, San Francisco. In 2003, he was the first recipient of the Virtual Nobel Prize in Psychology from the University of Klagenfurt, "for his pioneering achievements in the experimental investigation of consciousness, initiation of action, and free will".[2]
In the 1970s, Libet was involved in research into neural activity and sensation thresholds. His initial investigations involved determining how much activation at specific sites in the brain was required to trigger artificial somatic sensations, relying on routine psychophysical procedures. This work soon crossed into an investigation into human consciousness; his most famous experiment was meant to demonstrate that the unconscious electrical processes in the brain called Bereitschaftspotential (or readiness potential) discovered by Lüder Deecke and Hans Helmut Kornhuber in 1964[4] precede conscious decisions to perform volitional, spontaneous acts, implying that unconscious neuronal processes precede and potentially cause volitional acts which are retrospectively felt to be consciously motivated by the subject. The experiment has caused controversy not only because it challenges the belief in free will, but also due to a criticism of its implicit assumptions.[5] It has also inspired further study of the neuroscience of free will.
originally posted by: oikos
This is one of those circumstances where the technology itself has the potential to do wonders for mankind and advance us as a species, except for the fact that it's tightly controlled by an elite few who have an agenda to push.
originally posted by: oikos
This is one of those circumstances where the technology itself has the potential to do wonders for mankind and advance us as a species, except for the fact that it's tightly controlled by an elite few who have an agenda to push.
originally posted by: oikos
This is one of those circumstances where the technology itself has the potential to do wonders for mankind and advance us as a species, except for the fact that it's tightly controlled by an elite few who have an agenda to push.