haha yeah determinism has a hard time not getting snub-nosed, but there's wiggle room away from the past in a person's ability to form adaptations to the situations they were previously unsuited for. It happens in nature all the time, creatures seeking out a new niche. The data set required to predict events like that in a person's life would probably be enormous and possibly intrusive.
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haha yeah determinism has a hard time not getting snub-nosed, but there's wiggle room away from the past in a person's ability to form adaptations to the situations they were previously unsuited for. It happens in nature all the time, creatures seeking out a new niche. The data set required to predict events like that in a person's life would probably be enormous and possibly intrusive.
oh and have you seen this:http://www.spring.org.uk/2009/01/do-you-believe-in-free-will.php
the belief may be something like a social nicety, a vote of confidence in fellow human beings, that smooths out our interactions with one another.