What made it possible for me to exercise freedom of choice also made it impossible to know the future… — Ted Chiang
What made it possible for me to exercise freedom of choice also made it impossible to know the future. Conversely, now that I know the future, I would never act contrary to that future. [...] Those who've read the Book of Ages never admit to it.
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