If you saw the original Matrix and recall when Neo knocked over the vase on his visit to the Oracle (just after she said, "Don't worry about the vase"), the question was: would he had still knocked over the vase if she hadn't said anything? A few days ago, I went out on a trip to the store with the intention of buying a pair of nail clippers (one actually, no idea why they refer to it as a "pair") and got sidetracked and didn't buy them. Today, while leaving the house, I spotted a pair of "brand - new" nail clippers lying on the sidewalk about 50 feet from my front door. The question is: if I had bought the nail clippers the other day, would this pair have still been there for me to find? There is no spoon.