April 1, 2004
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Ariel: We have free will.
Caliban: Can you prove it?
Ariel: If we do not have free will, then this debate and all our future debates are futile.
Caliban: That is no proof. God may be cruel. Maybe we are predetermined to examine the nature of our existence, even though we do not have one iota of choice.
Ariel: I offer no proof. I offer only a Pascal's Wager type of argument. Our debates are more fruitful if we assume it is the debate between two separate beings, instead of two puppets acting out a predetermined script.
Caliban: Or maybe we are two sides of god's being. We are his internal dialect, acting out his opposite nature.
Ariel: If god exists, I hope he is the one entity in this universe that has enough answers so that no internal dialects are necessary.
Caliban: You were meant to say that.
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bruins are so sharp!
Ahem... well, thanks, from one Bruin to another. I credit the countless hours of playing drunk pool in the dorms. I can't shoot straight, but I can talk a lot of BS.
I know you weren't playing pool at Sproul, because that felt was so worn, if those tables were turned vertically, you'd have a better chance of getting the ball into the target playing Plinko.
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