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Indeterminism does not confer freedom on us: I would feel that my freedom was impaired if I thought that a quantum mechanical trigger in my brain might cause me to leap into the garden and eat a slug
J. J. C. Smart
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J. J. C. Smart
Age: 92 †
Born: 1920
Born: September 16
Died: 2012
Died: October 6
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John Jamieson Carswell Smart
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