Determinism Quotes

Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.

I don't believe in technological determinism, especially not in biology and medicine. We have strong laws to keep doctors from monkeying around with humans that will remain in place. It's simply not true that everything that is technologically possible gets done.

The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.

Man is a masterpiece of creation if for no other reason than that, all the weight of evidence for determinism notwithstanding, he believes he has free will.

In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism.

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.

The world changed from having the determinism of a clock to having the contingency of a pinball machine.