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The Neural Mechanisms and Purposes of Randomness in Consciousness

The Neural Mechanisms and Purposes of Randomness in Consciousness

Do you believe in free will or determinism?   Either way,  imagine you are creating a life form, and that you want it to have free will.  You figure out that you need to design an organ that would be responsible for this.  You decide to call it the "free willer".

What would this organ do?