From: Dossy (dossy@panoptic.com)
Date: Tue Aug 26 2003 - 18:38:35 MDT
On 2003.08.26, Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net> wrote:
> > http://google.com/search?q=the+answer+to+life+the+universe+and+everything
>
> If one were to take that mythos seriously, then this
> answer has been well and thoroughly transmitted into
> space already - if not literally this answer, then a
> likely equivalent somewhere in the musings and
> ramblings of 'Net dialogue that have been
> transmitted. (If nothing else, in little bits
> leaking past the satellites the data streams were
> relayed through.)
>
> Which would mean humanity has served its purpose, and
> is free to do what it wants, at least until its
> resources are needed for something else. One could
> take that as a reward, or simply a statement that
> it's not worth the bother to blow up the Earth just
> yet. Regardless, it's an excuse to muse on, "So
> humanity had a mission. That mission is complete,
> and there are no more missions. Now what do we do?"
According to:
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything
humanity's purpose wasn't to find the answer, but instead to discover
the question that had been lost and forgotten.
Of course, as Douglas Adams points out, we never achieve the goal.
That's in line with humanity as I see it ... ;-)
-- Dossy
-- Dossy Shiobara mail: dossy@panoptic.com Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)
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