• Question: Why is the ultimate answer 42?

    Asked by darkgolbournster1 to Amy, Karen, Sarah, Will on 20 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Sarah Martin

      Sarah Martin answered on 20 Jun 2012:

      Hi darkgolbournster1,

      Well, it’s the answer to life, the universe and everything of course! It’s just that the question wasn’t phrased carefully enough… I love that book, have you read it?
      It happens more than you think in science – you do an experiment to answer a question you thought of and the answer is – erm – cryptic. So you plan a better one and do it again.

      🙂 Sarah

    • Photo: Karen Reed

      Karen Reed answered on 20 Jun 2012:

      Check out this article
      http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/42-the-answer-to-life-the-universe-and-everything-2205734.html

      It points out that although Douglas Adams chose that number as a joke, infact 42 has played a significant role in history -my favorite from it is Cricket has 42 laws – but these are only noticed becuase someone took the time and effort to look for things associated with 42. You could probably draw up a similar list for any other number

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