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Kirablue42 : SpocksEars: Approves.
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what is that from?
and it makes sense that the computer wants to be called Dave. That way, we get to say to AI: "Dave, what are you doing, Dave?"
That man is the character Hari Seldon from the Isaac Asimov Foundation books. Hari Seldon created the science of "psychohistory", whereby general predictions can be made about the direction society will take over time.