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> Free will seems to be qualitatively different to randomness. I was going to suggest reading "The Diceman" by Luke Rhinehart [0]. But then I don't want to do
by nonrandomstring 3y ago
> Free will seems to be qualitatively different to randomness.
I was going to suggest reading "The Diceman" by Luke Rhinehart [0].
But then I don't want to do that, because it really messes with some
people.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dice_Man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dice_Man
- smokel 3y agoInterestingly, this book is from 1971, whereas a famous duck went through a similar plot already in 1952 [1]. Now, how to decide if I should add this to the Wikipedia entry of "The Dice Man"? [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_Decision https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_Decision
- jhbadger 3y agoAnd Harvey Dent, aka "Two Face", the Batman villain who decides to kill or spare his victims using a coin toss, was first shown in the comics in 1942! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Face https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Face