It didn't happen that way,” Roger Stone cut in, "so there is no use talking about other possibilities. They probably aren't really possibilities at all, if only we understood it.”
Pollux: "Predestination.”
Castor: "Very shaky theory.”
Roger grinned. "I'm not a determinist and you can't get my goat. I believe in free will.”
Pollux: "Another very shaky theory.”
"Make up your minds,” their father told them. "You can't have it both ways.”
"Why not?” asked Hazel. "Free will is a golden thread running through the frozen matrix of fixed events.”
"Not mathematical,” objected Pollux.
Castor nodded. "Just poetry. (Robert A. Heinlein)

It didn't happen that way,” Roger Stone cut in, "so there is no use talking about other possibilities. They probably aren't really possibilities at all, if only we understood it.” Pollux: "Predestination.” Castor: "Very shaky theory.” Roger grinned. "I'm not a determinist and you can't get my goat. I believe in free will.” Pollux: "Another very shaky theory.” "Make up your minds,” their father told them. "You can't have it both ways.” "Why not?” asked Hazel. "Free will is a golden thread running through the frozen matrix of fixed events.” "Not mathematical,” objected Pollux. Castor nodded. "Just poetry.

Robert A. Heinlein

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