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The New Cyborgs Don't Have Implants
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A New Framework for Understanding Consciousness and Free Will
by skoinks·Feb 21, 2026·2 points·0 comments
AI Analysis
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Philosophy essay, not a product—belongs on Substack, not Show HN.
Strengths
- •Engaging, conversational writing style makes determinism accessible to non-philosophers
- •Structured argument (hard physics → biology → neuroscience) builds complexity incrementally
Weaknesses
- •No technical artifact, tool, code, or interactive component—it's an opinion piece masquerading as a 'project'
- •Determinism vs free will is a 2,400-year-old debate; essay advances no novel argument or framework
Category
Target Audience
Philosophy enthusiasts, general readers interested in consciousness and determinism
Post Description
Full disclosure: I'm an engineer.
I think you'll find the framing to be intuitive, useful and scary. It allows for elegant explanations for normal and abnormal brain phenomena. Dreams, depression, flow states, hypnosis, deja vu, drugs and so on.
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