RE: The most important question in the universe.
to | tenchi@ML.usagi.org
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from | Kuuta Kutani <kutani_sama@yahoo.com>
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subject | RE: The most important question in the universe.
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date | Wed, 1 Sep 1999 14:58:06 -0700 (PDT)
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--- Kevin Aw <Kevin.Aw@seagatesoftware.com> wrote:
> > From: Brazil [mailto:borgward@informatik.tu-muenchen.de]
> >
> > which explains why his result wasn't quite correct. Still, it's not
> > all that difficult to deduct the right one from there. Which
> > closes the
> > circle...
>
> whew.. couldn't have explained it better.. 8)
>
> Hey.. anyone remember who was it (in the book) that said that if both the
> question and the answer were known, that the Universe would disappear and a
> new (and more outrageous one) would take its place? I mean besides the
> introduction to one of the books.. wasn't there some character that was
> dying that told that to someone else in the book?
>
hmm... i dont think so. i'm pretty sure that was just in the introduction...
but i could be wrong, its been about 4 years since i read them..
^_^
my personal favorite from the books is how he explained that the universe was, in
fact,
uninhabitited. ^_^
Synopsis for those who're interested:
There are a finite # of inhabited worlds in the universe, of an infinite total number.
Now, any finite # over infinity (N divided by infinity) is "as close to 0 as makes
no odds."
So, any intelegent beings one may incounter during ones life is probably due to a
deranged
imagination.
Like i said, its a synopsis, not verbatim. but close enough. ^_^
-Kuuta
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