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zero_hawk

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Jun 15, 2009 08:40

Life. Complex series of random events, or strange plan that fits together in the end? There's a thinker.

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jedigandalf June 15 2009, 21:08:20 UTC

Can't it be both?

zero_hawk June 16 2009, 08:32:56 UTC

If the random events end up being a plan that fits together in the end how could they ever have really been random events?

autocraticus June 16 2009, 21:08:34 UTC

If you're trying to get philosophical, its a poorly constructed question. As humans we are given the gift of free will, which lets us choose any path we want. As a creature, we follow these basics: shelter, food, reproduce. These are the needs of animals, but we are able to expound upon them because we are a species gifted with higher intelligence. So, using our higher thinking and free will, we are able to decide if we want to sit at the computer or go running. Go to class or sleep in. Wheat or Rye ( ... )

jedigandalf June 17 2009, 09:53:04 UTC

Many things happen which are seemingly random- Getting hit by a fly ball, getting stuck in the middle of a robbery- These are the moments that make up life. Moments such as you described are moments we control. That we can control certain things does not change that we are victims to the winds of fate- in the sense that whatever happens simply does, and we have to deal with it. That we can control them does not make us any less subject to their occurrence ( ... )