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The story boils down to: 1. Is the second law of thermodynamic wrong? 2. Does P equals NP (or, if 1 is true, then how and how long will it take to solve it?) 3
by DaNmarner 13y ago
The story boils down to:
1. Is the second law of thermodynamic wrong?
2. Does P equals NP (or, if 1 is true, then how and how long will it take to solve it?)
3. What's God?
- GuiA 13y agoOh goodness, this hilarious. Someone posting a link to a short story by one of the greatest SF writers all of time, whose writings spawned entire threads of reflexion and discussion in many disciplines; and a HN comment being a dismissive tl;dr.
- andrewljohnson 13y agoI didn't find the comment to be dismissive actually. What's wrong with writing a story that explores the boundaries of science and god? That must have been a pretty natural thing for someone living in Asimov's era to do.
- davidw 13y agoDe gustibus non est disputandum, as they say. I don't care for this story either, it's less of an actual story, and more of a "what if" that feels somehow a bit corny to me.
- DaNmarner 13y agoI actually consider pointing out the scientific elements of a SF piece is the best kind of compliment.