I heard they were naked when they got busted

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Tito

Bob Holmes at New Scientist reports:

Fruit flies have free will. Even when deprived of any sensory input to react to, the zigs and zags of their flight reveal an intrinsic, non-random - yet still unpredictable - decision-making capacity.

If evolution has furnished humans with a similar capacity, this could help resolve one of the long-standing puzzles of philosophy.

The rest of the story here.

And something to listen to, too: The Hold Steady - Cattle & The Creeping Things.mp3

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