2001 Odysee space

A computer that has moods, why not if the soul is reduced to electromagnetic waves? A cosmonaut who seems not to have, because it is about to exceed his human limits before returning to its creator in another dimension.
Clarke suggests its assumptions on the relativity between microcosm and macrocosm, the origin of thought, on the selection of the species, on life, death and reincarnation.
According to his calculations, "since the dawn of time, about a hundred milliardsd''êtres humans have lived on earth. By a curious coincidence, there are about a hundred billion stars in our local universe, Lactée.Ainsi Way for every man who ever lived, a star shines in space. "
Thus the astronaut Bowman will be reborn as a star.