The Importance of Story

i wanted to ask you if or how story, the idea of story, has any relevance to what you just said. i think that the story should be understood as a tool of exploration. And when we use this tool of exploration, we have to realize that the past of the story offers many branches which we neglect in order to make the story iself consistent and round and meaningful. So for instance, the idea that we build thinking machines and these thinking machines will take over, is a very obvious story, right? And is a fable, and its meaning full and its interesting. But maybe reality is more complex. There are unforeseen things. Our ability to create stories is a useful tool