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So does the story imply that everything is predetermined?

posted 8 years ago by Badass_123
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We're all actors or mechanical robots acting out a script we can't change?

[–] 8 years ago

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[–] snagletooth 8 years ago

Actually, I believe it does.

It tries to make some unconvincing arguments about free will and that free will is exercised by not trying to change things that we can foretell will happen, how we really do not choose to act as such but merely to perform, but I don't believe that's valid.