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Originally posted by WiredGuy
I guess it depends on your interpretation of what's considered a small/big event. If something made you late to get into your car and avoid a car accident, that could be seen as a big event still.
By small event, I mostly mean things that you clearly have control over. For example, squint right now. I doubt fate had anything to do with that.
WG
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Fate involves believing in some intelligent control over life. I don't believe that, but I am a determinist. I don't like the idea of determinism, but it seems to be true.
"Small" events only appear to be so. We may or may not have control over them. We have no way of knowing, because in order to test it, we would have to be able to time travel, which would be the least of our problems.
Further, Chaos theory dictates that the flick of a butterflie's wing in China can cause a hurrican in the Carribean. With that in mind, there is no such thing as a "small" event.
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