Does it make any sense to talk about anything /but/ memetic environments
(memespheres, entities of thought, whatnot) possessing `free will'? We
don't talk about an atom's freedom to merge with any appropriate other
atom, forming bonds, do we?
> How about definining 'free will' in terms of control and/or influence
> rather than predictability?
Hmmmmm. The problem is that all the discussions I've heard regarding FW
have involved omniscience or predictability. One need /not/ exert any
form of control or influence on the subject for that form of FW
'subversion' to be enacted. Perhaps an ability to divine state in the
/absence/ of influence or control of the subject entity.
--
Alexander Williams{thantos@alf.dec.com/zander@photobooks.com}
The Mekton is a powerful tool, both physically and emotionally.
There is something that happens to an enemy when he sees his home
and family stepped on by a hundred ton metal man. -- Arkon Verian
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Of all the weapons of the Empire, the greatest and most respected
were the Metal Knights. These Knights had served the leaders of the
Bendar for Generations, righting wrongs and bringing fear to the
Empire's Enemies. It is said that these metal giants were shaped
like men so that the alien servants of Evil would know that it was
Man who defeated them.
-- Scribings from the Murian Archives