a rare quote for "galactic hitchhikers" from the late Douglas Adams
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from "The Devil's Chaplain," essays by Richard Dawkins, 2003. Dawkins attended a guest lecture by Adams at Cambridge, which was tape-recorded, and, according to Dawkins, not published. It is in the essay that is a eulogy for Adams.
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.. 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 the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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from "The Devil's Chaplain," essays by Richard Dawkins, 2003. Dawkins attended a guest lecture by Adams at Cambridge, which was tape-recorded, and, according to Dawkins, not published. It is in the essay that is a eulogy for Adams.
Quote:
.. 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 the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
Doug clearly had a way with words. I loved his books. He was quite humorous as well. Recommend this interesting book Last Chance to See - Wikipedia[^] Kurt Vonnegut's books had similar style. #26 – Vonnegut, Adams, and Modern Satire | Science Meets Fiction[^]
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