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The discussion about gender differences in behavior and adaptive behavior has been really interesting, thanks for the links! On tuesday we decided that free will = unpredictability. We also discussed whether or not the nervous system has free will. I think that because behavioral response is dependant upon perception by the I function (because neurons don't account for everything) , then the I function must have free will. If it didn't then we couldn't be selective when choosing mates or when developing character. On the other hand, I don't believe that unpredictibility in the brain is unpredictable in the least. Regardless of how many times the input has resulted in a specific output, any output is ordered even if for the very first time and seemingly at random or formed as a result of growth or experimentation. So does the I function have free will if the Nervous System is indeed an input-output machine and ordered/predictable? We discussed that neurons can generate inputs without outputs which I also do not think is random but purposeful, computers do not do this but because they are strictly input-output machines. So then the NS can't be an input-out machine?