Deep thoughts

LordHart · Sat 21/02/2004 22:35:42

Quote from: Kairus on Sat 21/02/2004 22:22:46What is 42?

To understand that, you have to actually know what the question is... $:-\$

Meowster · Sun 22/02/2004 09:02:39

What's the question?

Las Naranjas · Sun 22/02/2004 09:04:23

If we knew that we'd understand the answer.

Haddas · Sun 22/02/2004 10:03:06

This is such a mystery...

WAHT IS TEH QUESTION!?!1++?

Ghostmaker · Sun 22/02/2004 10:03:57

But thats why we are here, to learn the question, which we do, we just dont realise that we know the question because nobody has ever put the question and answer together, and when they do, the whole equation makes sence in a second form, which outshines the first form, thus, nobody ever looks at the first form to realise the importance.

Think about it

Haddas · Sun 22/02/2004 10:23:08

huh?

veryweirdguy · Sun 22/02/2004 11:36:56

What is seven times eight?

Oh, damn, there must have been an error....

(did I dream this question or was that actually a joke in the book or TV series? I seem to remember them trying to find the question & they got this one, which is obviously wrong.)

Timosity · Sun 22/02/2004 11:56:46

I figured out the meaning of life once, then the next day when I was sober I'd forgotten. Which in turn makes me believe you should combine all sorts of drugs in your system, and it makes the answer really clear. The only way to remember it is to keep yourself topped up to that level.

Which in turn makes me believe that we were never meant to know the answer because we were never designed to take that many drugs continually.

But all I can remember is that it got to the point where all the light went into a tiny spot all condensed like when you switch off a CRT TV. Which is quite similar to the theory of the expanding & collapsing of the universe.

my universe was collapsing until I realised (or completely not) what was going on.

but the light could have also been something to do with the camp fire, but strangely enough the battle between coke & pepsi was evident, if it weren't for them I'd be insane, but if they never existed it would have proven the theory that each time the universe expands again, it comes back slightly different. De ja vu is not as stupid as it seems. most cases of it are not in the real sense but if the theory is right, I've probably posted this message before (give or take a few words [if words were called words then])

and BTW, 42 is not even close (that theory is so flawed, I won't even begin to give the question, as it's not the right one)

But in all seriousness, I guess we will never really know, as theories are just estimated guesses, but I've thought of this type of shit pleanty of times, and although the answer lies within me, it is trapped until I escape.

We are all pretty much like germs or viruses in the whole scheme of things, not too important but exist all the same (at least in our own minds [but more likely just in my mind as this is all a figment of my imagination])

When it comes down to it, it doesn't matter at all, and to think about it is just wating time and brain cells that could be used for more productive and important things like killing brain cells with substance abuse, study (not of philisophical bullshit)

But in all seriousness, I guess we will never really know, as theories are just estimated guesses, but I've thought of this type of shit pleanty of times, and although the answer lies within me, it is trapped until I escape.

hang on, did I write that twice, how did that happen?

purple monkey grapefruit *2

Haddas · Sun 22/02/2004 12:37:40

I have another teory, which I've noticed my friends also have. Well say that this text is black (which it is), but your black might not be the same as my black. We have all been taught the names of colors as kids, But what if the color I see as yellow actually looks like this in your eyes? I'm sure the eyes have different variations of bending the rays that come from the sky...

Buut... This is probably just some crap I've thought of while high on Diablo II

Kairus · Sun 22/02/2004 14:17:26

Yeah, I think everyone has thought of that color perception thing at least once. The answer is: why on earth should you care about whether you and me see or not the same color if it would make exactly the same perception? That is, if I see as green what you see as red, then you and me would differentiate exactly the same colors in the same way. On the other hand, if I see as green what you see as white, then either you or me are having a problem, because green is one of the colors used to make white, so some of us will not properly differentiate some colors. That's called daltonism...

That answer to the color theory is similar to the answer to this one:
Is there a fate you can't escape? Is the universe just designed by an equation where absolutely nothing can escape and there is no place for purely random facts? Or is there some actual random running in some place that makes things evolve in a way that's not possible to predict?

Then the answer is: What difference could it make? If everything was decided from the beginning, you are not able to know it anyway, so your actions will go as if nothing was decided. And if it weren't planned, then you could live your life as if you were creating it. Thus, discussing about whether fate exists or not is useless.

Did that make any sense?

Timosity · Sun 22/02/2004 16:43:14

Yeah, I've thought that about colours before, and I guess it's true to some extent, cause some people are colour blind, the most common one being red/green colour blind, where it is hard to distinguish between the two colours, they may look the same.

Colour blindness is an hereditary thing that is more common in males, it's quite rare for a female to have it.

I've also thought about the colours that we see as being the rejected colour.

EG. you see leaves as being green (well most of them), but what is really happening is the other colours are actually being absorbed or used by the plant for a reason and the green part of the spectrum is being reflected so that's why we see green.

so it's a twist in thinking, that the colours that we see are the ones that are not needed, or rejected by the particular object.

Haddas · Sun 22/02/2004 16:49:01

That's why people have so many different taste!

m0ds · Sun 22/02/2004 16:58:56

I've been thinking a lot about how society is breaking down, and how this country is being slowly over-run with anarchy. It's been a long thought.

Felipe · Sun 22/02/2004 18:05:11

QuoteTo understand that, you have to actually know what the question is...

QuoteThis is such a mystery...

WAHT IS TEH QUESTION!?!1++?

It's the question that drives us. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did...

What is... the Matrix?

(sorry, couldn't help myself)

LordHart · Sun 22/02/2004 22:29:18

The first question was What is the Meaning of Life, The Universe and Everything... but that was not the actual question.

The actual question was "What do you get if you multiply Six by Nine..."

Bluke4x4 · Mon 23/02/2004 00:04:24

Ahem...

6 times seven equals forty-two.

6x7=42.

6
6
6
6
6
6
+6
42
Understand?

LordHart · Mon 23/02/2004 00:09:26

No, the question was "What do you get if you multiply 6 by 9..." and the answer WAS 42...

Either you are an American and dont understand humour, or you've never seen Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, which if you haven't, I pity you. $:-\$

Bluke4x4 · Mon 23/02/2004 00:29:54

I've read some of the books, I'm in the middle of the third. I must've gotten confused. In the first one, when the mice are bickering over what questions sound best, one says "6 times 7?" and the other says "No, too literal." But I've read them. But in order to see The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, It'd have to be 2005. don't believe me? Go to TV tome, imdb, upcomingmovies.com, and search for Martin Freeman in the search category. Sure enough, his filmography has it. They've already assigned most of the character's parts to actors! Oh, and I'm American.

LordHart · Mon 23/02/2004 01:01:00

I've known about the movie for ages, seeing as I frequently go to Dark Horizons and a few others. I'm talking about the original mini-series.

And very appropriately named this thread is, as it was Deep Thought who answered the question to Life, The Universe and Everything...

Anyway, they sadly hired Warwick Davis to play Marvin, so instead of a sadonic hulking robot, they have a fucking midget with dreadlocks who specialises in playing furry little teddy bears who fights the empire.

Robert Eric · Mon 23/02/2004 02:18:29

Where have all my socks gone?

Deep thoughts

m0ds