Seven and a half million years of calculation, the answer finally turns out to be 42, Deep Thought's creators sheepishly realize that they don't know the question.
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"Forty-two!" yelled Loonquawl. "Is that all you've got to show for seven and a half million years' work?"
"I checked it very thoroughly," said the computer, "and that quite definitely is the answer. I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
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People have invented very much pretences to have reason to live:
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* ...to accumulate wealth
* ...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context
* ...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race
* ...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human
* ...to be without question, or to keep asking questions
* ...to become God, or God-like
* ...to compete or co-operate with others
* ...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me")
* ...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance
* ...to die, or become a martyr
* ...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God)
* ...to express compassion
* ...to find inner peace
* ...to gain and exercise power
* ...to give and receive love
* ...to give life meaning (an example of antimetabole)
* ...to learn and find enlightenment
* ...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book
* ...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia)
* ...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction
* ...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity)
* ...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny
* ...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others
* ...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life
* ...to seek and find beauty
* ...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally, financially, or spiritually
* ...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate
* ...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom
* ...to serve others, or do good deeds
* ...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose, existence has no meaning beyond which one chooses to give it)
* ...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)
* ...to try to understand the meaning of life
* ...to work for justice and democracy
* ...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God
* ...or some combination of the above
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But I personaly like 42 the best. If someone doesnt belive it, I can just say: "Hey, google it!"
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