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In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.
– John 1:1
The first word you ever learned was probably something like “dada.” Simple, primal, and deeply meaningful. It wasn’t just a sound; it was a recognition of the Allfather, the one who breathed life into you, gave you a name, and set you on the path to becoming. To my father, I owe everything. He conjured me from nothing, and in his image, I aspire to be: happy, content, and overflowing with life—a giver of life, just as he was to me.
This chapter is for him. And for my unborn son, who will carry this legacy forward. In him, there will be life, as there was in me, because I was created in my father’s image. Amen.
What Is Want?
Want cannot exist without choice. To choose, we need two things: a being capable of making decisions and at least two options to choose from. But when did choice first emerge in the universe? Was it when a random molecule, billions of years ago, made an imperfect copy of itself? Probably not. Molecules don’t choose to react; they simply follow the laws of physics, colliding and bonding like inanimate objects in a cosmic dance.
So, when did the first true choice occur? And what, exactly, defines it? Does choice even exist, or is it just an illusion we’ve constructed to make sense of our actions?
Defining Choice
We’re free to define “choice” however we want, mostly because the word itself is so deeply ingrained in our language that its meaning feels intuitive. But if we dig deeper, choice isn’t a physical thing—it’s a logical rule, like a computer program. A computer doesn’t want anything, but it can make decisions based on pre-programmed parameters. So, when did these parameters evolve into something that living beings could take into account?
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