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For questions about "The Nine Billion Names Of God", a 1953 short story by Arthur C. Clarke, featuring two skeptical computer scientists tasked with helping monks listing all of the nine billion names of God.
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What does the end of "The Nine Billion Names of God" signify?
I find it pretty obvious that Arthur Clarke intended the end of the story to be understood at face value – the monks were right, and whatever is to happen upon all of God’s names having been listed, i …
