You can't feel my itch
from my book Unsolicited Advice: The Canceled Memoir of a Consent Educator
Prologue
You can’t feel my itch. I had this thought in the back of my mom’s Mitsubishi Montero driving down Beverly Glen Blvd. It was the late 90’s, Britney and Justin were still dating, and I was receiving the download that there are aspects of my experience that no one will ever know, no matter how well I describe what I’m feeling. At the same time, I will need to explain how I feel and what I experience to others with the modes of communication I have at my disposal. Thus began a lifelong project of trying to be understood.
This was a seed of what blossomed into an interest in philosophy and neuroscience and the tension between the two fields of study. Philosophers largely want to believe in free will; neuroscientists overwhelmingly want to prove that all aspects of our lives, our decisions, and what will become of us are fated–that free will is an illusion. To both, I say, “Yep.”
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