2.6. Causalism and Science

Benjamin Libet found in 1983 that when 'making a decision,' the brain's reasoning or decision-making area illuminates well before the awareness area illuminates. This indicates that our decisions are biologically made before we are conscious of them. 

For those who will cite quantum theory's postulates about particle indeterminism as the basis for not being able to believe in the very human (non-particle) Causalism stated above, we would recommend lightening up and not jumping to find reasons for 'wrongness' as a method for avoiding improving one's soul.

While Causalism is adamantly not unscientific, all scientific considerations, including those listed above, fall far outside of relevance here.  We are concerned with matters of belief (Section 2.3), not empirical facts. 

Individuals, neighbors, friends, and humanity risk war when facts are mistakenly crossed with belief. Misunderstanding the crucial subtlety in this distinction has allowed contention between religion and science to persist.

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