• Question: what is the meaning of life lol =D

    Asked by qwwertyyuful to Alastair, Emma, Hywel, Keith, Vicki on 17 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Hywel Vaughan answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      42 of course! (if you don’t understand, read Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy…

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      Alastair Sloan answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      Simple, 42!

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      Keith Brain answered on 16 Jun 2010:

      2x3x7 (the second-smallest product of 3 primes with a median of 3)! And there’s something else about it …

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      Vicki Stevenson answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      That’s a complex one which spans philosophy and religion more than science. Science can begin to answer questions like where life started, but it is harder to answer questions like why are we here, what is the purpose of life.

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      Emma Carter answered on 17 Jun 2010:

      A very important question – but one of the few which cannot be answered by science.

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