Exercises for Chaos Under Control

Chapter 9: Artificial Life

49.[W] The common experiences of self-awareness, free will, and feelings can never be understood in terms of physical laws. People are mechanistic entities whose behaviors emerge from the same principles that govern all forms of matter. Here are two opposite views of humanity. Construct an argument that supports each position. Which argument do you find more compelling?

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