Henderson comments that the machine was not superior to the input it received—input, Jablonski is quick to note, that Henderson had provided. Henderson responds that any data he received to input into Multivac had come from numerous other, smaller computers. He had been Chief Programmer for eight years and had seen the war become increasingly more destructive. He confesses that eventually the data he received had become “meaningless.” He notes that neither Jablonski nor Swift had had enough involvement in collecting the data to realize how meaningless it was. Lower-level officials, for instance, had supplied information intended to make them look good. Henderson says that he had been unable to make sure that he was receiving more reliable data. Making this fact public would have destroyed morale on earth, since all hopes had been pinned on the intelligence of this unique machine. Therefore, Henderson now confesses, in supplying data to Multivac,...