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the answer to life, the universe and everything = 42

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Yeah I did read that book. I believe the title was just "Life, the Universe, and Everything," though, and odds are most aspects of it are a joke. I mean, in the beginning there's the guy whose life purpose it is to insult everyone in the universe in alphabetical order, because he is immortal and has all the time to do it. That was funny. Bye!
once again it wasn't just about the book, read the second link... there are real life applications of the number 42.
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Anyone would be able to make up some sort of rubbish mathmatical calculation for all of those figures. So to me this is a load of rubbish. I might make my own for fun though.
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Anyone would be able to make up some sort of rubbish mathmatical calculation for all of those figures. So to me this is a load of rubbish. I might make my own for fun though.
my original header for this thread, was

..and i thought the number 23 was bad...
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I know but this is a debate. I will just let everyone know what I think about this.
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Anyone would be able to make up some sort of rubbish mathmatical calculation for all of those figures. So to me this is a load of rubbish. I might make my own for fun though.
They could yes, but they didn't. The calculations posted aren't rubbish. Just because someone can do something doesn't automatically mean every similar thing is false.
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I know but this is a debate. I will just let everyone know what I think about this.
i was agreeing with you

the calculations and coincidences are true... but it being a number that is the answer to life universe and everything is rubbish.
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What we need to know is the question.
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