“(..) Sir Isaac Newton, renowned inventor of the milled-edge coin and the catflap!” “The what?” said Richard. “The catflap! A device of the utmost cunning, perspicuity and invention. It is a door within a door, you see, a …” “Yes,” said Richard, “there was also the small matter of gravity.” “Gravity,” said Dirk with a […]
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Douglas Adams on Newton in His book Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
Posted: 7th December 2010 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: catflap, coin, discovery, door, douglas adams, gravity, invention, issac, issac newton, milled-edge, newton, richard
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An excerpt from Douglas Adams’ Speech at Digital Biota on an Artificial God
Posted: 1st December 2010 by aseem.ace in ThoughtsTags: artificial god, douglas adams, existentialism, extinction, god, Puddle, speech, surprise, world, world made for man, world made for me, world was meant
‘Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, ‘This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn’t it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!’ This is such a powerful idea that as […]