by Douglas Adams
Identity Now!, by Tara Carreon
THE UNIVERSE (SOME INFORMATION TO HELP
YOU LIVE IN IT)
1. AREA: INFINITE
2. POPULATION: NONE
INFINITE: BIGGER THAN THE BIGGEST THING EVER AND THEN SOME! MUCH BIGGER
THAN THAT IN FACT – REALLY AMAZINGLY IMMENSE! A TOTALLY STUNNING SIZE,
REAL WOW! THAT’S BIG TIME … IT IS KNOWN THAT THERE ARE AN INFINITE
NUMBER OF WORLDS, BUT THAT NOT EVERY ONE OF THEM IS INHABITED. THEREFORE
THERE MUST BE A FINITE NUMBER OF INHABITED WORLDS. ANY FINITE NUMBER
DIVIDED BY INFINITY IS AS NEAR TO NOTHING AS MAKES NO ODDS. SO IF EVERY
PLANET IN THE UNIVERSE HAS A POPULATION OF ZERO, THEN THE ENTIRE
POPULATION OF THE UNIVERSE MUST ALSO BE ZERO, AND ANY PEOPLE YOU MAY
MEET FROM TIME TO TIME ARE MERELY THE PRODUCTS OF A DERANGED
IMAGINATION.
n/infinity = 0.000000000000000












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