Saturday, September 11, 2010

Item 4: No Time for Free Will

Over sushi we discuss his philosophy class last semester,
since it is easier to understand than physics, but once again
I do not understand the question: Do we have "Free Will"?
I only understand my answer, could only sincerely intone
do we have will? and even there, there is doubt. Surely,
we all have ways of wending through our days. I have intended,
I have extended, tripped and fell and followed the physical
laws of the universe for five decades but what matters is still
what matters. All matter is heavy with a mass
of volume, filled to the brim and reacts in predictable ways
to different stimuli, no? Isn't that what they say? So
what simple machine could I invent to solve this problem:
one foot always has to go in front of the other if
we are to move forward into the future.
Existence equals me somewhere over a fraction of truth.
My thoughts have achieved maximum local entropy
and they have no where else to go. I have never been free.
I have always been me. It is a difficult calculation:
no one has ever figured out how to do it until now.

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