This little tale I am bout to recount is nowhere as erudite as the discussion so far but I sometimes have more courage than sense.

A science fiction story published in the 1960s told this story which I abridge for time/space.

Comes a time when all the computers in the world are to be linked. The final connection is set to happen in a big ceremony to be televised world-wide. After a huge discussion about who would make the physical connection and what would be the first question. It was decided the techs who did the work would make the physical connection. And they did. The first question asked by a committee of world leaders was : "Is there a God?" The computers whirled and blinked and then -- as the world listened -- the answer came : "There is now."
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