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by siavosh 530 days ago
You could even go further -- all actions are spontaneous...life is spontaneous.
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Interestingly, it was this line of thinking that once upon a time led to the rejection of the idea of free will: a thought is caused by another, and that by another yet, and so on, so there is no free thought or deliberation.

From that perspective, it was mentioned in this Russell Ackoff talk that recently emerged on HN: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yGN5DBpW93g