The Meaning of Life: You Read It Here First!
I recently discovered the meaning of life.
And you think I’m going to tell you?
Well okay I will. This is the edited version of course. I have thousands of pages of rough workings but this is the short version. The meaning of life is this: 42.
Yes, I appreciate that you already knew that. As a card-carrying science fiction fan (actually, are there cards you can carry to say you’re a science fiction fan? and where do I get one?) you will have known for many years that the meaning of life, according to the great guru Douglas Adams, is 42.
The question to the answer, however, is; why? (more…)