A Soulful Journey

Isaac Asimov wrote in "The Last Question:" A group of scientists created an AI system and asked it, "Is there a god?"  The AI spit out an answer, "Insufficient computing power to determine an answer."  They add more computing power toad ask again, "Is there a god?"  The y get the same answer.  Then they redouble their efforts and spend years and years improving the AI's capacity.  Then they asked again, "Is there a god?"  The AI responded, "There is now." I n 1977 when Apple unveiled its logo it referenced the Garden of Eden by using the apple as a symbol of the network of power. "You shall have no other gods before Me."  -Ten Commandments 

Every age has its leaders, its despots, its values, and its gods.   They vary only slightly from what was valued by precious generations.   Sure, the names change, dress is different, even language changes.   Yet, our foibles lead us to the same troubled waters. Dwight Eisenhower went into a room packed with enormous computers.   He put the question to the machines, “Is there a God?” And they all start up, and the lights flash, and the wheels turn, and after a while a voice says, “Now there is.”   -Joseph Campbell in The Power of Myth While we read and laugh, we make the same misjudgments today.