‘Existence is wondrous, the chalice of choice
Has made gods out of beasts, so let’s all shout rejoice’!
Believe this and life’s brutal trap’s got you caught,
Because science shows choices come well before thought.
Categorization as winner or loser
Is unlinked to your belief you are a chooser;
Events unfold patterns of physical laws -
The illusion of free will is theirs, and all yours.
Our awareness of making up our mind’s a tale -
A story we tell ourselves, succeed or fail;
From galaxies down to the last superstring
We are all clockwork fools ‘cause fate’s doing its thing.
Its determinism when you look BACK, and FREE WILL when you look forward. A little elf told me...
ReplyDeleteI said: probably when you look back, and possibly when you look forward. Its the paradox of parallel realities at work here, but don't blame that on me.
ReplyDeleteyou were always going to write this and in this way, so there is nothing else to add, which makes this comment paradoxical
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