A pea tendril's growth pattern, in which it senses a nearby branch and grows toward it to wrap around it, is an example of decision-making in nature that most people would not characterize as a 'free' decision but rather as a cause-and-effect process.
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“If you look at something like a pea tendril, when it senses that it's close to a branch that it can wrap itself around, it starts growing more quickly in that direction, and then it changes the growth, so that it wraps itself around a branch. Most of us wouldn't consider that to be a free decision-making process.”
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:42:00 AM
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