Summary:
The book explores the psychological processes behind the feeling of conscious control, arguing that our sense of will is an illusion created by the brain. It delves into how actions are initiated by unconscious mechanisms and how the conscious mind only becomes aware of them after the fact, leading to the false belief that it has directly caused them.
Key points:
1. Conscious Will as Illusion: Wegner believes our sense of making decisions is misleading; our brain's processes create this feeling, not our actual control.
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