The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
"Forty-two!" yelled Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years' work?"
"I checked it very thoroughly, it's 42," said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is"
"...I am at a rough estimate, thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number." [said Marvin]
"Er, five" said the mattress.
"Wrong," said Marvin. "You see?"
"Six by nine. Forty-two, 42."
"That's it. That's all there is."
Is it possible to extract the question which leads to the following resultant statement?
The resultant is the sentence ---> "WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MULTIPLY SIX BY NINE."
"I checked it very thoroughly, it's 42," said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is"
"...I am at a rough estimate, thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number." [said Marvin]
"Er, five" said the mattress.
"Wrong," said Marvin. "You see?"
"Six by nine. Forty-two, 42."
"That's it. That's all there is."
Is it possible to extract the question which leads to the following resultant statement?
The resultant is the sentence ---> "WHAT DO YOU GET IF YOU MULTIPLY SIX BY NINE."
- There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something more bizarrely inexplicable.
- There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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