Readers reflect on the role of chance, randomness and responsibility in their own lives Is our life’s course predetermined or could we change it on the flip of a coin or throw of a dice? Photograph: Brian Jackson/Alamy Is our life’s course predetermined or could we change it on the flip of a coin or throw of a dice? Photograph: Brian Jackson/Alamy Letters Sun 2 May 2021 11.29 EDT Last modified on Sun 2 May 2021 12.01 EDT What high-quality letters (29 April) on free will. My A-level psychology students always found this fascinating and usually thought that free will was obvious until they had examined their own lives and realised that “soft determinism”, well-expounded by Robert Dimmick, was the likely answer. However, there is a big role for chance.