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A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
I am also a determinist, and I say we can use the phrase free will so I guess that would make me, what? A soft determinist? Is sand hard or soft? The difference is a matter of perspective, not a matter of scientific fact.
Free Will Explained
Dan Barker
The ash continued to fall. Sometimes, Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without thought, capable of simply being, not thinking, caring, or hurting. Then she could be…free.
Mistborn Trilogy
Brandon Sanderson
And though incandescent lights, electric motors, and telephones were making rapid inroads, most of the electricity used by urban families in the United States or Germany powered just a few light bulbs.
Energy and Civilization
Vaclav Smil
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