Logicless Logic

Something from the Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy..

Anything that happens, happens.

Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.

Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again.

It doesn't necessarily do it in chronological order though.
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The History of the Galaxy has got a little muddled, for a number of reasons: partly because those whp are trying to keep track of it got a little muddled, but also because some very muddling things have been happening anyway.

One of the problems has to do the speed of light and the difficulties involved in trying to exceed it. You can't. Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. The Hingefreel people of Arkintoofle Minor did try to build spaceships that were powered by bad news but they didn't work particularly well and were so extremely unwelcome whenever they arrived that there wasn't any point in being there.
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I find things like this very amusing. I want to add The Ultimate Hitchikers Guide To The Galaxy to my book collection.

justin.

posted by justin @ 8:04 PM