This post seemed inevitable due to recent discussion on predestination and cause and effect. So do human beings have free will? Can we actually decide what it is we want for ourselves, or are we bound by the incomprehensible environment factors that eventually lead us to an inevitable path?

I’d like to start by refreshing your memories of The Matrix (Reloaded & Revolutions). If you recall, one of the central themes of the trilogy was fate and inevitability. One conversation stuck in my mind is with the Oracle (if you don’t know, she is a know-it-all) and Neo (the main character played by the dull and boring actor Keanu Reeves).