The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the “Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything”, calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years. Unfortunately, no one knows what the question is. 37 is the first irregular prime with irregularity index of 1, where the smallest prime number with an irregularity index of 2 is the thirty-seventh prime number, 157. Its magic constant is 37 x 3 = 111, where 3 and 37 are the first and third base-ten unique primes (the second such prime is 11).
Ok. Does anyone?
Outside of the number being significant in regards to knowing what book it came from, does anyone who has read the book know its significance?
Now we all know it’s an answer to the question but ….
In defense of āgatekeepingā: nothing wrong for setting a bar for entry. Grouping is natural and needed in many circumstances. If everyone is in the group then it has no meaning. Some delineation is necessary.
I don’t have a clue about number 42, but I read fantasy mostly. For Sci fi, I typically watch. So yes I love to read and still do not know the significance of it.
42 and the asterisk symbol
Forty-two is the ASCII code for the symbol * also known as the asterisk. This symbol is often thought to translate to anything or everything. In this instance, 42 = everything, the meaning of life.
In Airplane 2 I started laughing when they were exiting the shuttle and everyone thought I was crazy because nothing that funny was happening then. They didn’t get the connection between the 42# on the shuttle and Hitchhikers Guide. I should have taken my towel and gone home š”
That meme fails to consider that readers may also care about syntax. The sentence angers me far more than the excusable lack of knowledge of the HGTTG.
Also, knowing the reference does not mean you’ve read the book by a long shot. There’s a movie, in case you live under a rock
That’s the only significance it has though. The author himself has confirmed it doesn’t have any. He made it up. All the significance people assign to it comes after the fact.
Depends on who you are š
Or say they like astrophysics, but donāt know the significance of the number 37. š
The number 42 is, in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the “Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything”, calculated by an enormous supercomputer named Deep Thought over a period of 7.5 million years. Unfortunately, no one knows what the question is. 37 is the first irregular prime with irregularity index of 1, where the smallest prime number with an irregularity index of 2 is the thirty-seventh prime number, 157. Its magic constant is 37 x 3 = 111, where 3 and 37 are the first and third base-ten unique primes (the second such prime is 11).
Or the significance of the number 451?
Those people are unhappy, even if they have digital watches.
Imagine gatekeeping what liking to read is based on a single quote in the vast amounts of books….
It’s the answer to everything. LOL
I LOVE to read. But I never read that particular book. It never fell into my circle of interest.
Not everyone read scfi books
They donāt grok the meaning of it
To be fair, I really didn’t like HGttG. Forced myself through it, don’t get the hype.
Ok. Does anyone?
Outside of the number being significant in regards to knowing what book it came from, does anyone who has read the book know its significance?
Now we all know it’s an answer to the question but ….
Iāve tried to read that one twice and never finished it. Fairly short read too.
I know the meaning of 420 and o read a Lot
The most important number to know and understand is Catch 22.
I say that whenever someone asks me a question..then I pause to see the reaction ..and then might give a real answer depending on their reaction
Turn it into a teaching moment.
Iāve never read the books but itās the meaning of everything right?
In defense of āgatekeepingā: nothing wrong for setting a bar for entry. Grouping is natural and needed in many circumstances. If everyone is in the group then it has no meaning. Some delineation is necessary.
One of the best book intros lol.
āIn the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.ā
42 is ascii for *
Anybody know what 42 means
Can somebody please tell me what it means? And don’t just say it’s the answer to life that doesn’t help
When someone cites the number 42 as proof of literacy
I don’t have a clue about number 42, but I read fantasy mostly. For Sci fi, I typically watch. So yes I love to read and still do not know the significance of it.
Mills and Boon don’t go on too much about tje intergalactic significance of tea, bath robes or the urgency of knowing where your towel is!
They don’t know the significance because they only read good books.
42 and the asterisk symbol
Forty-two is the ASCII code for the symbol * also known as the asterisk. This symbol is often thought to translate to anything or everything. In this instance, 42 = everything, the meaning of life.
In Airplane 2 I started laughing when they were exiting the shuttle and everyone thought I was crazy because nothing that funny was happening then. They didn’t get the connection between the 42# on the shuttle and Hitchhikers Guide. I should have taken my towel and gone home š”
That meme fails to consider that readers may also care about syntax. The sentence angers me far more than the excusable lack of knowledge of the HGTTG.
Also, knowing the reference does not mean you’ve read the book by a long shot. There’s a movie, in case you live under a rock
I totally forgot about 42!!!!
If they brought a towel they could figure it out easily enough.
Which if course was once a book maybe I should have led with that lol
Thatās the ultimate question of life,the universe,and everything.
I read, probably more than a lot of people on here and have no idea what 42 means.
“I read it in a book once.” – Shrek
That’s the only significance it has though. The author himself has confirmed it doesn’t have any. He made it up. All the significance people assign to it comes after the fact.
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The Answer to the ultimate question of life, the Universe and, well… everything really.
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