I believe one version of this story explains that the math (and the situation) has been simplified for the sake of this story in order to make it readable. Mak

I believe one version of this story explains that the math (and the situation) has been simplified for the sake of this story in order to make it readable. Makes sense, I can share this story to people without any computer knowledge, but something explaining how connections are established would be wholly incomprehensible to them.