Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!think!ames!ucsd!nosc!humu!uhccux!lee From: lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Greg Lee) Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Free will Message-ID: <1900@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Date: 31 May 88 14:35:33 GMT References: <30472@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 10 Edward Lasker, in his autobiographical book about his experiences as a chess master, describes a theory and philosophical tract by his famous namesake, Emmanuel Lasker, who was world chess champion for many years. It concerned a hypothetical being, the Macha"ide, which is so advanced and profound in its thought that its choices have become completely constrained. It can discern and reject all courses of action that are not optimal, and therefore it must. It is so evolved that it has lost free will. Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu