Why must they be random? Wouldn’t they be ordered by evolution or design of the system?

“No experiment has ever demonstrated that new properties of a system can
emerge that did not already exist as part of the components of a
system.”

Do the properties of water exist in either hydrogen or oxygen by themselves?

This post overlapped with several concepts from my religious beliefs:

LDS doctrine is that all men existed as intelligences eternally. That God organized/created/begot (not clear) them (the eternal intelligences) into spirits, hence we are his spirit children. Those spirits had agency (free will) but were different from our physical bodies (not clear how, perhaps couldn’t die, perhaps couldn’t feel). After a time of progression God proposed a plan to bring his spirit children into a mortal physical existence here on earth so that they could continue to learn and be tested while receive a mortal physical body in preparation to receive an immortal exalted physical body like he has.

Feel free to learn more at http://lds.org

Abr. 3:22 Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was

D&C 93:29 Man was also in the beginning with God.  Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be.
D&C 93:30 All truth is independent in that sphere in which God has placed it, to act for itself, as all intelligence also; otherwise there is no existence.

Once you grasp this idea… you can really change your life if you want to. because when you want to change “you” will start surrounding yourself in the environment that will help you get there, you will regulate the thoughts flowing through your head, and challenge yourself in ways that cause for the most mental growth.  The brain truly is what it does.  Think love be love. 

It depends on what a useful conception of responsibility is. I find application of social correction or removal from society to be more useful conceptions of responsibility and fault than a holier than thou/purity stance. Laws are useful inasmuch as they codify prevailing taboos so people can more easily judge others as needing correction without all the facts.

If consciousness is deterministic, then it really doesn’t matter what you promote because you will not impact anyone who is not already pre-determined to become a libertarian.

People are impacted by inputs, it’s just that everything is going to play out a certain way. I was impacted by your post to respond, it’s just that series of events was set in motion for as long as time has existed.