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We assume that we have free will and that we make decisions, but we don't. Neurons do. We decide that this sum total driving us is a decision we have made for ourselves. But it is not.

Rodolfo Llinas
Decision, Neurons, Driving
"The Electric Brain". Interview with Lauren Aguirre, www.pbs.org. October 23, 2001.
We assume that we have free will and that we make decisions, but we don't. Neurons do. We decide that this sum total driving us is a decision we have made for ourselves. But it is not.