"You're overwhelmed by the detail work," Groating smiled, "but not by
the lack of logic. It is possible to obtain all possible data on the
orchard in question and integrate the factors into an accurate prophecy
not only as to the theft, but as to the time and place of theft. Apply
this example to our own Universe and you can understand the working of
the Prognosis Building. We have eight floors of data analyzers. The
sifted factors are fed into the Integrators and--presto, prophecy!"