... I dunno ... that almost sounds like saying, "Literally, each of us may be our chemistry, nothing more, nothing less." ... when my wife walks into a room and I'm playing with the kids, I'm happy to see her; when she walks into a room and I've been agonizing over a problem for the last eight hours, I do not want to be bothered ... there's a whole range of responses in between, and each initial response has an infinity of contingent branches flowing off into an unknowable future ... do those sound like limited programmed responses? ...

I don't think Lilly was saying that our responses are limited, but rather that the programs to generate those responses are limited.

... could be that I just have a bad "programmed response" to the use of the word "programmed" ... too strong an implication of a "programmer" (to write the program) and a "CPU" (to execute the program) for me ...

I also seem to remember that he hung out with Timothy Leary a lot as well, who also had a variety of interesting thoughts on human consciousness.

John C. Lilly - Metaprogramming in the Human Biocomputer[/URL]

Is it a trend or something not to answer questions... not particularly directed at anyone, but it sure has happened alot...

A nameless member stated that we have no control over our actions, and that if we think that we do then it is our Ego talking.

To me this is a rediculous question and a rediculous answer. If we cannot be accountable for our actions, then we cannot hold anyone responsible for anything.