Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:39 pm
Makes more sense than most things I read.
I just finished reading the last installment of Douglas Adam's Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy. I loved the book, I have a copy of the original publication, hard cover. I'd appreciate it if some of you whom have not read it would consider reading it. I can't describe how much I loved the book. There is nothing that can match the originality of this book.
It is known that there is an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the product of a deranged imagination.
-Douglas Adams-
It is known that there is an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the product of a deranged imagination.
-Douglas Adams-
