"A planet of playthings/We dance on the strings/Of powers we cannot perceive"
On the planet of Tralfamadore, there is no talk of free will. Indeed, as a member of its race affirms to Billy Pilgrim, "If I hadn't spent so much time studying Earthlings, ... I wouldn't have any idea what was meant by 'free will'." According to the Tralfamadorians, there is no such thing as free will; things happen only because they must. They can see all time, from its beginning to its end in a cataclysmic yet unavoidable experiment involving the testing of rocket fuel. So it goes.
This creates many questions for the denizens of Earth. One obvious question is why should the Tralfamadorians be trusted? Especially when they had already named themselves as the harbingers of the doom of the universe. Furthermore, even if they legitimately believe themselves, they could still be deceiving themselves, and because they all believe in it, nobody would have tested their theory. The lack of free will brought up by the Tralfamadorians poses many interesting questions indeed.
*Introductory quote from the song "Freewill" by Rush
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