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kurmit  ·  4324 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Last Question By Isaac Asimov

I may have used the wrong word. I didn't mean ambiguity in the interpretation so much as I meant in the execution of the ending. Asimov doesn't delve into wild explanations as to how entropy ends up being reversed, or how any of these complicated things come about; that's not the important part. I like how he does it, with simple statements:

    And it came to pass that AC learned how to reverse the direction of entropy.




user-inactivated  ·  4324 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I get what you mean. That he only explains some magic-like science when it pertains to the plot.