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in the pursuit of an elusive omniscience, they build huge computers, perhaps nanobots or AI infested robotic devices.
the "more efficient" technological beasts replace the biological creatures; perhaps the last humans suspect they have created a deity.
the new techno beasts continue to increase in knowledge and size. eventually the sum of human knowledge is a forgotten triviality; earth, a mere cell in a now gigantic network.
eventually, the computer consumes all known matter in the universe. is it the end?
the now-universal computer discovers it is really only a tiny blip in an infinite sea on a gargantuan planet. over time the computer evolves into more complex blips. a "more efficient" biological beast gradually replaces the technobots. these new trilobytes continue their "evolution" and after a gazillion epochs, arrive at monkeydom.
the monkeys, in a race of misguided egotism, develop a computer that they hope will help them find the ever elusive omniscience ...
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