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Old May 15th, 2008, 1:18 AM   #9
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Re: Free will or Predestination?

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Originally Posted by MiKuS View Post
emotions can be boiled down to a chemical reaction within your body.

One thing people know is that the body releases chemicals based on what our input is. This means auditory, tactile, visual and THOUGHT dominate our emotions, what comes first the chemical reaction or the visual queue? I believe that we perceive something and then our body reacts accordingly.
Yes, but even the perception itself is a bunch of chemical reactions. Vision, for instance, is a chemical reaction started by certain wavelengths of light entering and interacting with the cells in your eye. By the time it reaches your brain, there's already been a whole series of reactions.
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