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Yes, free will and purposeful intelligence. Essentially, if all intelligence boils down to algorithms of one sort or another, then per the no free lunch theorem, all we can expect is randomness. All appearances of order and meaning are merely illusory.

However, I think I've empirically established we (or at least I) have free will and purposeful intelligence. Thus, at least I can access meaning.

http://www.box.net/shared/u13u3agxqg



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