The Second Self

[justinkinge]

All right for this blog we are supposed to compare Sherry Turkle's article to something that we already learned in class. Pretty much what I got out of the article was the fact that in some weird way, some MIT nerds do not believe that we as human beings have free will and that instead our mind is just made up of "little processors" that can only

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[cazdenl]

It looks like you weren’t able to compare Sherry Turkle to Ghost in the Shell, but you did create a great comparison to the Memex. They both store information into different categories. Also, the bits of information, known as agents, are stored in the Memex. Oh yea! Let me answer your question. That voice is free will, and, after reading what you said, an individual can control the “agents” that are in their head.

Thomas De Marco

[tommydemarco]

I know right Justin, I mean who are these MIT nerds, is that the brain level you need to be on to get accepted to that school? It is completely absurd to say that free will is not present, and that our brains are just "doing" not actually "thinking."