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1. www.independent.co.uk › life-style › history42: The answer to life, the universe and everything

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   Feb 6, 2011 · Douglas Adams said it was the answer to the meaning of life, the universe, and everything. He meant it as a joke, but a new book shows how the number 42 has played a significant role in history

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Phrases_from_The_HitchhikerPhrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Wikipedia

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   "Life, the universe, and everything" is a common name for the off-topic section of an Internet forum, and the phrase is invoked in similar ways to mean "anything at all". Many chatbots , when asked about the meaning of life, will answer "42".

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4. news.mit.edu › 2019 › answer-life-universe-andThe answer to life, the universe, and everything - MIT News

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   Sep 10, 2019 · The number 42 is especially significant to fans of science fiction novelist Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” because that number is the answer given by a supercomputer to “the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.”

5. scifi.stackexchange.com › questions › 45064Why is '42' the meaning of life? - Science Fiction & Fantasy ...

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   Nov 17, 2013 · According to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 42 is the Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Is it ever explained, in canon 1, why the answer to the meaning of life is 42? 1 - Book, Film, TV series or Radio series.

6. www.techtarget.com › whatis › definition42 (h2g2, meaning of life, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

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   The number 42 from Douglas Adams' 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' represents all meaning ('the meaning of life, the universe, and everything') as determined by the fictional supercomputer Deep Thought.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Life,_the_Universe_andLife, the Universe and Everything - Wikipedia

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   A comic science fiction novel by Douglas Adams, part of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. It follows the adventures of Arthur Dent and his friends as they try to stop a war between the Krikkit people and the rest of the universe.

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   What does life the universe and everything mean?

   • "Life, the universe, and everything" is a common name for the off-topic section of an Internet forum, and the phrase is invoked in similar ways to mean "anything at all". Many chatbots, when asked about the meaning of life, will answer "42". Several online calculators are also programmed with the Question.

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   What happens if someone discovers what the universe is for?

   • Quoting Fit the Seventh of the radio series, on Christmas Eve, 1978: Narrator: There is a theory which states that if ever anyone 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.

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   What does life mean?

   • Life could refer to all lifeforms or to human life specifically. This essay focuses on human life, but it is worth considering how other things might have or lack meaning, too. This can help illuminate the different meanings of meaning. Sometimes, we use “meaning” to refer to the origin or cause of something’s existence.

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   Is life meaningless?

   • Re-read my answer again, and you'll see what I'm talking about - Adam's in-universe answer is that life is meaningless and anyone who looks beyond that is a fool. That's not merely the in-universe answer, that's the entirety of the corpus. One's inability to find meaning does not mean that meaning does not exist.

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   Is there an 'evolution of universes'?

   • An interesting variation to this has been proposed by Lee Smolin: he suggests that there might be an "evolution of universes", which in summary has it that (through somewhat complicated but not-too implausible means) such universes are preferred which happen to allow life to develop.

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   Did you always think something was fundamentally wrong with the universe?

   • "I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe." [This final line appears in some but not all editions of the work.] Six times nine is actually fifty-four; the answer is deliberately wrong for that question because the question was miscomputed.

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9. 1000wordphilosophy.com › 2023/02/06 › meaning-of-lifeThe Meaning of Life: What’s the Point? - 1000-Word Philosophy ...

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   Feb 6, 2023 · This essay explores different approaches to questions about the meaning of life, such as supernaturalism, nihilism, and naturalism. It also considers the role of human choice, value, and story in giving life meaning.