azul1d ago
douglas adams's story about the civilization that built a giant computer that gave the ultimate answer but nobody knew what the question was so they put all their resources into building an even bigger computer just to figure out the question ... it feels more plausible every day.
Show threadferricoxide1d ago
@typeswitch

So does the B Ark. Or, at least, one wishes there might be a B Ark. They didn't have "influencers" — on social media or otherwise — back when Adams was still around, but he probably would have included them with the public telephone cleaners.
Show threadWesDym

@ferricoxide And yet, Adams allowed that the Golgafrinchans could also be wrong, as those who stayed behind were all eventually wiped out by a plague from a dirty phone.

Reduced to a single statement, Adams's oeuvre might say, "Everyone believes they're smarter than they really are."

Jun 25 at 1:38pmWeb
Show threadferricoxide1d ago
@wesdym I'd be willing to risk extinction to be shut of the likes of Joe Rogan and Andrew Tate.