Do you believe our lives run a course of predetermined events?? Do you ever think that things happen for a reason....a greater reason?? What then of free-will??

M@LaiKa wrote:
Everything is predetermined within an almostcalculable probability.

In other words, yes, everything is predetermined. Our actions are based entirely on the conditions which induce the outcome. When you can't eat, you go get a job to feed yourself. However, this same condition in conjunction with other conditions may cause some people to create their own businesses while others become bums on the street.

The only thing thatmay not be entirely deterministic iswhen we are confronted with choice. However,we must realize that the present conditions that lead you to be confronted with a choice, also dictated a finite set of outcomes for whatever decision you make. As you go on in life, the number in the set of outcomesinvariably decreases. At the same time, somepsychologistswill say that even your choice is determined, therefore the world is entirely deterministic. Since psychologists have not been able to accurately modelneural networks, or even characterize thelogical machine of the brain, my conclusion is that everything is predetermined (or deterministic) except for thesmall probability imposed in making a decision.

Have a wonderfully aweSOME New Year Everybody!!!