Enjoyed listening to some students expatiate on (what's) The Meaning of Life (?) today and was asked at one point what I thought the answer was. Was tempted to reply 42 (of course) but declined to answer, except to point out that I think it's very interesting indeed that there's something rather than nothing.
Went on to think about this for quite a bit of the afternoon, and it got even more interesting. Much ado about something, indeed.
And as a bit of a digression, Donne is very good on nothing: if I an ordinary nothing were...
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Hi Brian - hope all is well and you've recovered from the globetrotting. Amused me and attached link also http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/42-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything-2205734.html
Where do they find this stuff? (Typo on Ray Dorsey I think from memory)
Hi Simon - smashing to hear from you and many thanks for the Independent link (complete with the definite Ray Dorsey typo.)
Glad the globetrotting is at an end - Cardiff Airport, if you didn't know, is the pits.
I actually remember the first time I heard the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything on the original Guide broadcast on Radio 4. And I still think it's funny.
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