You should read Ted Chiang's Exhalation. Full text is here: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/ https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/

You should read Ted Chiang's Exhalation. Full text is here: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/ https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/exhalation/ It's a short story. A worthy, on-topic read, I promise!