Tuesday, December 4, 2012

understanding the universe

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Passed along by Andy as a response to an earlier post came the following, which in my book deserves it's own headlined space:

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
                                             -- Douglas Noel Adams
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1 comment:

  1. Hi Adam

    I can't resist sharing just one more quote from the fabulous Douglas Adams.....

    “This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in — an interesting hole I find myself in — fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt

    Brevity, wit and not a little wisdom.

    Cheers

    Andy

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