— Universal automatism proposes a thesis: Your mental processes are a type of deterministic computation. The synthesis is implicit in a conjecture that we’ve already mentioned several times. — Principle of computational Unpredictability (PCU). Most naturally occurring complex computations are unpredictable.
— Your sense of having a free will entails a seeming antithesis: Your thoughts and actions aren’t predictable.
— Wolfram advocates a beautifully simple synthesis: Your mind’s computation is both deterministic and unpredictable.
— Rucker, Rudy. The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul. What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy. New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2005.
