"So long, my friends, and thanks for all the fish!" - Replaced by AI - Not your usual AI post.

[MillieDynamite]

IYKYK In Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," the number 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. The actual question is never revealed in the story!

 

[onehitwanda]

The actual question is never revealed in the story

It is in "The Restaurant at the end of the Universe" though - It's "What do you get if you multiply six by nine"

 

[TheLobster]

six

nine

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[Belegon]

In a past life, I got to deal with the real-life consequences of genocide. As in, I had to throw away a pair of boots because I couldn't get the stink out of them. Humans did that to other humans. I am not an optimist, nor a pessimist: I am a realist.

We are terrible. I am not afraid; I'm just attentive. Once we're in groups? We lose our objectivity and our sense. We do terrible things that, in hindsight, are easily preventable. We do this all the time.

the Mob Rules.... but I have hopes that the individual will win out in time. even collectively. We have made progress, especially recently, historically speaking. 125 years ago, children starved in the streets of New Youk and nobody cared
except their parents. we still have children starving, but way more people care and we have made some serious advances in compassion since 1900. I think we may yet see some very horrible things, but I think that eventually we will be better.
or at least I hope so

 

[Bramblethorn]

It is in "The Restaurant at the end of the Universe" though - It's "What do you get if you multiply six by nine"

From which we can conclude that Deep Thought works in base 13.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I'd forgotten that. When you read the books (and you should), read them in order.