# Microtubules the seat of Consciousness **URL:** \ **Category:** Science and Technology\ **Created:** [May 13, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/microtubules-the-seat-of-consciousness/9472 "2022-05-13T20:48:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 243
**Author:** ![citizenschallengev4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/citizenschallengev4/32/28718_2.png) [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2025, 5:20am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/microtubules-the-seat-of-consciousness/9472/243 "2025-01-23T05:20:19Z")
> [@wolfhnd](#): > > The question of freewill is how much of that adaptation is conscious or intelligent. It turns out the entire process is “intelligent”. Intelligence can be defined as the ability to make choices. Choices define life. The ability to do one thing instead of another. To adapt to the environment. The process seems self-evident in terms of physical evolution but the same process plays out in what could be called abstract evolution. That’s well said. Thoughts worth chewing on. > [@wolfhnd](#): > > You could say that is a delusion and many philosophers would agree, that however is just an artifact of the process’s abstract nature. That also makes sense. _Good to read ya again wolfhnd._ --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/microtubules-the-seat-of-consciousness/9472)._