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From: bwk@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Barry W. Kort)
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Subject: Re: Free Will & Self Awareness
Summary: A sentient being is inherently free to learn.
Keywords: randomness responsibility sentience discovery
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Date: 11 May 88 15:21:39 GMT
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From: bwk@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Barry W. Kort)
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Subject: Re: Free Will & Self Awareness
Summary: A sentient being is inherently free to learn.
Keywords: randomness responsibility sentience discovery
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Date: 11 May 88 15:21:39 GMT
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I appreciated Richard O'Keefe's suggestion that free will is intimately
related to the freedom to learn.  This idea is consistent with the
notion that one cannot create a sentient being without free will.
Moreover, it is evidently unpredictable what a sentient being will
in fact discover and learn in his/her/its lifetime.

--Barry Kort