[The Determinist]
“Our sense of ‘free-will’ is an illusion. Everything that happens is pre-destined. Ordained if you will.”
Dr. GURU speaks...
[The GURU]
“If my actions are only a part of an infinite cascade of dominos, then what if I commit hara-kiri and severe that link?”
[The Determinist]
“If it was meant to be, so will we see. Your actions would not interfere with the cascade.”
[The GURU]
“Then my friend, I see you have the fighter attitude. Let me tell you of a fighter who, on being brought up the ranks by his manager, became one of the most feared warriors of his time. But when things got bad, and he begun to lose fights, he discovered that the most trusted to him, the one that had been with him all his life, his manager...had wagered his demise from the very start. If he succeeded, his manager would get half of all he had...if he failed, his manager would bask in a win-fall. His fight now is meaningless...and save a miraculous intervention, he will die bitter and down-trodden. Now, if the fighter had been spared from his managers’ ‘spreading-the-bets’ attitude, he might live a more developed life, and die a more peaceful death.
You may think that your death is pre-determined, but are the thoughts that will rush through your mind at that time be already written?...Already felt?...Peaceful or turmoiled? I find this all very troubling.
You may fight me admirably on the field of Determinism, but is your goal to conquer, recruit, or dialogue? If you are to conquer, I can only respond by defiance. If you are to recruit, I can only respond by acceptance. But if you are to dialogue, then I must have the advantage since I hold no script.”
[The Determinist]
“Your script has already been drafted, and the author is already deep into the next plot.”
[The GURU]
“I think I’ve read this novel...the ending was predictable”...
The GURU must now sleep.