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1 " THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER. "
― Isaac Asimov , The Last Question
2 " One by one Man fused with AC, each physical body losing its mental identity in a manner that was somehow not a loss but a gain. "
3 " Sure you are. You're weak on logic, that's the trouble with you. You're like the guy in the story who was caught in a sudden shower and who ran to a grove of trees and got under one. He wasn't worried, you see, because he figured when one tree got wet through, he would just get under another one. (Lupov) "
4 " It all had a beginning in the original cosmic explosion, whatever that was, and it'll all have an end when all the stars run down. Some run down faster than others. Hell, the giants won't last a hundred million years. The sun will last ten billion years and maybe the dwarfs will last two hundred billion for all the good they are. But just give us a trillion years and everything will be dark. Entropy has to increase to maximum, that's all. (Lupov) "
5 " If the stars must someday die, at least some could yet be built. "
6 " The stars are dying. The original star is dead. (Zee Prime) "
7 " And AC said, "LET THERE BE LIGHT!" And there was light -- "