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The points are evil, evil I tells ya!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Maggie's driving is the perfect metaphor for how the body creates the illusion of free will.

It feels like we're maggie, making choices that our body then does. But looking at the full picture shows that the nerve signals that initiate action happen before the conscious choice. Marge - our brain - determines what we do without any input from Maggie, and this also signals Maggie to feel that she's made a choice.

We're all just Maggie, trapped in a vehicle we have no control over, pretending otherwise.

[–] son_named_bort 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

...can I buy some pot from you?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No, go buy it from the store like a normal person.

In all seriousness though, this is the emerging consensus of scientific experts. The fact that we're conscious of our actions doesn't mean our consciousness is in control. Free will is like god - it's just incompatible with our observations of the world.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Does this explain why I woke up a year later, realising that she didn't actually want coffee at 9pm?

[–] MimicJar 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

This is the episode where Marge ~~nearly~~ runs over Homer in the driveway.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It would be date-appropriate if it was actually the episode where she hits Homer.

[–] MimicJar 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] son_named_bort 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] MimicJar 1 points 5 days ago

The hint is actually on the far right, there is a tiny portion of a rake which gives it all away. (But that was extra tricky)

[–] brlemworld 8 points 5 days ago

Maggie has no lower half

[–] HappycamperNZ 2 points 5 days ago

Looking at the background - whats the one with the burlesque house?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Negative infinity to positive infinity

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago