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		heroprotagonist 40 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Erdos problem #728 was solved more or less autono... Soo, it can definitively tell you that 42 is correct Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything. It just can't tell you if you're asking the right question.

Someone 40 days ago | [–]

No, it can tell you that 42 is the answer to (some lean statement), but not what question that lean statement encodes.

davidwritesbugs 40 days ago | [–]

I recently learnt that Douglas Adams wrote code and the ultimate answer was '*' - 42 in ascii

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