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Originally Posted by DaWei
I liked a story, Asimov I think it was, about entropy and the progression of the human race through eons of time. Near the end, they had progressed through stages until there was just one entity of thought, pervading the universe. But the universe was nearly run down. Finally, the last star blinked out, the last emission was emitted, and all was over. Then there was this ultimate action/thought, last sentence in the story, "Let there be light."
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I recall that story. Humanity built progressively larger computers that had the task of working out how to reverse entropy. Eventually, the final computer works out the answer, but not in time to save humankind. Regardless, the computer carries out its duty; hence, "Let there be light."