"You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen."
"You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
"Why, what did she tell you?"
"I don't know, I didn't listen."
"You may not instantly see why I bring the subject up, but that is because my mind works so phenomenally fast, and 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."
"Er, five," said the mattress.
"Wrong," said Marvin. "You see?"
The mattress was much impressed by this and realized that it was in the presence of a not unremarkable mind.
"You may not instantly see why I bring the subject up, but that is because my mind works so phenomenally fast, and 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."
"Er, five," said the mattress.
"Wrong," said Marvin. "You see?"
The mattress was much impressed by this and realized that it was in the presence of a not unremarkable mind.
Morning, all,
From an edition of the Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy that fell through a wormhole from a thousand years in the future:
Homo Sapiens Sapiens: an allegedly intelligent species of hominids indigenous to the Planet Earth that drove itself to extinction “because it made sound economic sense.”
#Trump #EPA #GOP #MAGA #USpol
#FossilFools #ACC #AGW #ClimateEmergency
#H2G2 #ArkB #DouglasAdams #RIP
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/12/10/we-look-ridiculous-us-government-website-removes-fossil-fuels-as-cause-of-global-warming
Morning, all,
From an edition of the Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy that fell through a wormhole from a thousand years in the future:
Homo Sapiens Sapiens: an allegedly intelligent species of hominids indigenous to the Planet Earth that drove itself to extinction “because it made sound economic sense.”
#Trump #EPA #GOP #MAGA #USpol
#FossilFools #ACC #AGW #ClimateEmergency
#H2G2 #ArkB #DouglasAdams #RIP
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/12/10/we-look-ridiculous-us-government-website-removes-fossil-fuels-as-cause-of-global-warming
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ... says of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation products that "it is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of them by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all."
"The insurance business is completely screwy now. You know they've reintroduced the death penalty for insurance company directors?"
"Really?" said Arthur. "No, I didn't. For what offense?"
Trillian frowned.
"What do you mean, offense?"
"I see."
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ... says of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation products that "it is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of them by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all."
"The insurance business is completely screwy now. You know they've reintroduced the death penalty for insurance company directors?"
"Really?" said Arthur. "No, I didn't. For what offense?"
Trillian frowned.
"What do you mean, offense?"
"I see."
"Excuse me," [Arthur] said, "the Ashes. I've got them. They were stolen by those white robots a moment ago ... what should I do with them?"
The policeman told him, but Arthur could only assume that he was speaking metaphorically.
“I'm afraid,” he said at last, “that the Question and the Answer are mutually exclusive. Knowledge of one logically precludes knowledge of the other. It is impossible that both can ever be known about the same Universe.”
"Excuse me," [Arthur] said, "the Ashes. I've got them. They were stolen by those white robots a moment ago ... what should I do with them?"
The policeman told him, but Arthur could only assume that he was speaking metaphorically.
“I'm afraid,” he said at last, “that the Question and the Answer are mutually exclusive. Knowledge of one logically precludes knowledge of the other. It is impossible that both can ever be known about the same Universe.”
"The first ten million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline."
I ache, therefore I am.
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
