The frog, the finger, and free will

If the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog, you can go through the rest of the day knowing the worst is behind you. Mark Twain When you go after hard problems like free will, sooner or later you’ll have to swallow something nasty. The worst thing you will have to swallow here today is this: Our current thinking is butt-sprung. Soggy. Tawdry and out of shape. We think like gravity-weary terrestrials, and believe the sun rises and sets in the six-inches between our ears. Swallow that frog right now, and the rest will be … More