Saturday, March 5, 2011

The appearance of free will

Saw the flick, The Adjustment Bureau , last evening, the new Matt Damon vehicle based on the

("legendary") Philip K. Dick (Official Site) 1954 short story, Adjustment Team (public domain;

available for reading here) and embellished for the screen by writer-director George Nolfi.

Most memorable dialogue exchange from the movie:

David Norse (Matt Damon) : "So what about free will?"

Thompson (Terence Stamp): "What about it?" . . . . you humans only have the appearance of free will."

Indeed.

Your assignment (not necessarily in the following order):

See the movie.

Read the story.

Walk the dog.

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