Are You Free to Choose That Which Did Not Happen to You?

The wizard of oz was not an option, even though you absolutely know about this film. If we could return your brain to the state it was in a moment ago, and account for all the noise in the system, adding back any contributions of randomness, whatever they were, you would fail to think of the wizard of oz again and again and again until the end of time. Where is the freedom in that? It's important to see that whether the universe is fully determined or it admits of randomness, the picture is the same. Determinism gives you no freedom, obviously. But random ness gives you no freedom either....