"God, our genes, our environment, or some stupid programmer keying in code at an ancient terminal - there's no way free will can ever exist if we as individuals are the result of some external cause"
- Orson Scott Card
About this Quote
This quote by Orson Scott Card is recommending that free will can not exist if we are the result of some external cause. He is suggesting that our genes, environment, or perhaps a programmer typing code at an ancient terminal might be the reason for our specific actions and decisions. This implies that our options and choices are predetermined and not our own. He is suggesting that free choice is an impression which our lives are predetermined by some external force. This quote is recommending that our lives are not our own which we are not in control of our own fate. This quote is a tip that we are all subject to the forces of nature which our lives are not totally in our own hands.
This quote is written / told by Orson Scott Card somewhere between August 24, 1951 and today. He/she was a famous Writer from USA.
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