Clearly, clear thinking is opaquely difficult. The future is not random, Roland, the future is just unknown. The future will have about as much structure as the now has, but we do not yet know all the details. This can possibly be construed as “randomness” in our thinking, but it is not randomness in the world. Another POV would call this “randomness in our thinking” as uncertainty. Roland “don’t fall into this trap” means don’t let determinism dertermine you—or worse—let Roland determine what you are determined to do. Maybe the Don’t Panic button would be better and thusly your future was.
Marshall
Karma: −110
How can I think a thought? The river that flows without a drop.
Am I thinking the next thought? Chemicals, doing what they ought.
With time an illusion. The I that says it’s me, is a figment too.
I struggle to choose to do what must be done.
Don’t ask who I am. But observe what was done.
Hopefully: My suggestion is, that it is the use of the metaphor “illusion”, which is unfortunate. In the process—Search Find (have a beer) Execute there is no room for illusion. Just as David Copperfield works very hard whilst making illusions but is himself under no illusion. In other words “illusion” is an out of process perspective. It is in the “I” of the beholder. You hope(fully) expect that the search process can be improved by the intervention of “I”. Why should that be? Would the search process be improved by a coin flip? In other words dissolving “free will” dissolves the “user-illusion” of “Eye”. And this plays havoc with your persistence odds. You want your illusion to persist?