The Last Question by Isaac Asimov © 1956
The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way:
Alexander Adell and Bertram Lupov were two of the faithful attendants of Multivac. As well as any human beings could, they knew what lay behind the cold, clicking, flashing face -- miles and miles of face -- of that giant computer. They had at least a vague notion of the general plan of relays and circuits that had long since grown past the point where any single human could possibly have a firm grasp of the whole.
Multivac was self-adjusting and self-correcting. It had
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You can't do THAT on coal and uranium. Ask Multivac, if you don't believe me."
"I don't have to ask Multivac. I know that."
"Then stop running down what Multivac's done for us," said Adell, blazing up. "It did all right."
"Who says it didn't? What I say is that a sun won't last forever. That's all I'm saying. We're safe for twenty billion years, but then what?" Lupov pointed a slightly shaky finger at the other. "And don't say we'll switch to another sun."
There was silence for a while. Adell put his glass to his lips only occasionally, and Lupov's eyes slowly closed. They rested.
Then Lupov's eyes snapped open. "You're thinking we'll switch to another sun when ours is done, aren't you?"
"I'm not thinking."
"Sure you are. You're weak on logic, that's the trouble with you. You're like the guy in the story who was caught in a sudden shower and Who ran to a grove of trees and got under one. He wasn't worried, you see, because he figured when one tree got wet through, he would just get under another one."
"I get it," said Adell. "Don't shout. When the sun is done, the other stars will be gone,
“Wait! How did you know what I was thinking!?!” -- colored her tone. ‘Could he be a mind reader?’ Nervously wringing her hands as she inched away.
This is reverse order is a better match with the schematic representation of MCS (Figure 1) as well as the pervasive impact culture and structure has on the core control system. This echoes Flamholtz’ statement that “culture is the starting point of designing the MCS”.
“Calm down Sam, save that fire for the war, right now we have some work to do.” John said.
In Fahrenheit 451 Clarisse, Montag, and the war make you ask why. Clarisse makes you ask why because she questions not being able read books. Montag makes you ask why because he does many things that are against the law and they should not be. It also makes you wonder why, if you get run over it is not that big of a deal. The war makes you question because it starts for no apparent reason and they lose interest in Montag.
Ludo sighed disappointedly and crossed his arms, “I have to go recruit some new monsters later today. I'm free tomorrow after dinner though.”
"I was talking to the moon last night. Luna... She, uh... She... I said she was looking pale and she said she and the sun, the sun, don't get along too well. The sun, Rowan! That killed me, I thought it was hilarious." He laughed quietly; Even his laugh was tragic.
Lightman goes onto show the science behind why the universe is temporary. Using the commonly known fact that the sun cannot possibly last forever. That someday the sun won’t be able to function as it has all these years and will combust into nothingness leaving all the planets and solar systems in an abyss of emptiness. He says we cannot possibly predict how much longer the sun will last but it will definitely not last forever.
“You know it,” responded Action Andy. “By the way, the others are still there, so if you want to speak with them, now’s your chance. In the meantime, I’ll be getting some rest before tomorrow’s work, so see you later.”
"The early universe, really early universe, before the time lords even. That's a generation 1 star!" he said pointing to the sun in the sky. "This is one of the first planets."
"Why do you think? End of the line. Let’s go, we shouldn’t keep the gods waiting for us."
“No you are not,” He says. “Even if you manage to get to the island they aren't letting anyone in or out.”
“So you must’ve seen the aliens coming to our planet using that powerful telescope?” When they asked him he refuses, to say why he didn’t give a warning, telling them they wouldn’t understand.
Behind the heavy iron gates and windowless walls Robert was tasked with developing methods of producing electricity from nuclear material. At
“How could I after what I saw. Isn’t that the reason you ran away?” she
In order to attempt to trace the origins of the modern science that we now refer to