"Now you're making me self-conscious. I feel like every time I blow my nose it's a historic event." "Well, it is." She rolls her eyes. "What's the opposite of determinism?" "Chaos." "Oh. I don't think I like that. Do you like that?" I take a big bite out of the Bismarck and consider chaos. "Well, I do and I don't. Chaos is more freedom; in fact, total freedom. But no meaning. I want to be free to act, and I also want my actions to mean something."