On Objectivity and the Mindless Middle

Phobias and irational fears are a good example of the subconscious making decisions for a person. Many people for example are afraid of spiders even though they know that spiders will most likely not hurt them.Driving is another example. When you first start learing to drive every action is conscious and thought out, but after you've done it enough you can drive without thinking about it.Edited by nlerd, : No reason given.

I wouldn't say that its misleading, I was just using it as an example of something that is not controlled by the "conscious mind". You can know that whatever you fear (a spider for example) can in no way hurt you but you will still go out of your way to avoid it.Do you have any irrational fears (spiders, planes, snakes, heights)? I'm sure you do, we all do, and if you do how do you explain what causes them? Any action taken is a chemical reaction due to stimuli, that act in a specific way because of the way a person's brain developed. That doesn't mean you are consciously aware that you are doing it, my younger brother used to pick his nose all of the time and didn't even realize he was doing it.