Professor Jenkins, who taught epistemology, ended the day’s lecture asking students a question:

  “If you could know absolutely everything about the universe, would every action following that knowledge be predetermined, or be an act of free will while knowing the outcome of every action?”

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  Susan, a Ph.D. student of artificial intelligence, specialized in simulations.

  She noted: ‘How would that work, having freedom of choice yet all knowledge available?’

  After running numerous scenarios, she gave the simulacrums 99.9% ability to understand their universe while keeping the remaining .1% to herself.

  She concluded: ‘It’s the only way to grant them free will.’