historical determinism theme
Some variant of the philosophical concept of determinism is discussed. Determinism is the idea that events can only unfold in a certain way given the preceding state of things; thus history (past, present and future) is fixed and "free will" is perhaps but an illusion.
4 total · 1 major · 3 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Minority Report (2002) | major | One revelation of the film is that people can change their future once they become aware of it. |
| movie: Next (2007) | minor | Cris and Agent Ferris debated about free will in the SUV. |
| tz2019e1x03 | minor | Dorian told Nina that the number of a lotter drawing were determined at the moment of the Big Bang. |
| voy5x11 | minor | The Doctor posited it was determined at the start of the universe that he would choose to save Harry |