Blog 13

So after reading thorough the entire syllabus I am unable to figure out what the 13th blog pot is supposed to be about....that being said I have decided to write about something random today.
I was reading an article concerning Douglas Adam's famous work "The Hitch Hiker's guide to the Galaxy." The article (and it doesn't matter what the name of the article is or who wrote it since I'm lying) was trying to reason what the hidden meaning is behind the answer to the great question is. What is the meaning of life the universe and everything. In the novel a giant computer was built to answer this question and after millions of years it said that the answer was 42. The author of my pretend article would probably discuss something about it being a joke or talk about root 13 related mathematical equations.
But I will not. I really like the answer 42. Being a philosophy major a lot of people will joke around and ask me what is the meaning of life. I answer them straight faced 42, and then either end the conversation entirely or just move on to something else. The reason I like the answer 42 is because it is a definitive and short answer to a question that I feel is never given much thought. When someone asks what the meaning of life is they often have absolutely no idea what they're asking because they have put little to no thought into the question. What they are often trying to do is just sound complex, mysterious, and "deep". So an answer like 42 is the perfect answer to them. It's not the answer they want, it's not the answer the expect, hell it's not even an answer that makes sense. If you're going to ask me the meaning of life I'm going to tell you 42 because you have no idea what your saying and it's a perfectly good answer to such a question...that or people aren't wearing enough hats.