How Much of Who You Are Is Under Your Control?

When we consider the idea of normal and abnormal, just like left and right handed, only it has a lot bigger consequences. We tend to think of normal as a point and abnormal as a different point. But you cannot define something as abnormal or a typical without understanding the way people vary in the normal range. So that's one, what does it mean to be normal? Number two, how much of what makes you u is under your oIt depends on whether you're talking about free will, which myself and most nervo scientists think that your perception of control is actually that part of your brain that's interpreting why you're doing what you're do. It means that control is an illusion

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