Is There a Difference Between a Tremor That I Can't Control and a Purposeful Motor Action?

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There's definitely a difference between voluntary and involuntary action. So I'm not saying that your body isn't doing really doing things, right? And some of those things can be conventionally thought of as choices - so it's like I can choose to reach and it's like it's not being imposed on me. That would be a different experience. But we still have to admit that there's a difference between a tremor that I can't control and a purposeful motor action that I can control and I can initiate on demand.

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