Eternals, the movie that doesn't end

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If the

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millions of planets following the same cycle claim is accurate, and the memory archive certainly backs that up,

then yes, I'd say it's programming.

I guess I view that argument as the same as

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the fact that billions of people have reproduced is proof we're all just following programming (which is arguably true at a very high level).

And that's without getting into Ego, though I'm unclear on whether or not Ego is actually intended to a Celestial like these or is something else that also goes by the name of Celestial.