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put forward by Daniel Dennett that the Universe is an entirely determined place and any personal sense of free will and creativity is an illusion. In Dennett’s worldview, Andrew Wiles is a special purpose machine that was always destined to solve Fermat’s Last Theorem. I believe this model is flawed. It is

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d Atoms. He is the author of FAB, co-author (with Alan Gershenfeld & Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld) of Design

our abilities which will enrich our lives. But I am reasonably certain that computers will never be the overlords of bacteria. 35 See, for example, Dennett’s From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017). 133 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016936 Alex “Sandy” Pentland, an expo

d Atoms. He is the author of FAB, co-author (with Alan Gershenfeld & Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld) of Design

our abilities which will enrich our lives. But I am reasonably certain that computers will never be the overlords of bacteria. 35 See, for example, Dennett’s From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017). 133 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016353 Alex “Sandy” Pentland, an expo