If we gave numerical values to letters according to each letter’s alphabetical order we would have A=1, B=2, C=3 … Z=26 we would have Big Bang as B = 2, I = 9, G = 7, B = 2, A = 1, N = 14 and G = 7.
Adding all those numbers we get Big (2 + 9 + 7 = 18) and Bang (2 + 1 + 14 + 7 = 24). Adding 18 to 24 we have 42.
Hence, when asked about the answer for the fundamental question for life, universe and everything Deep Think creates the Earth to harbor life and humans, which eventually discovered about the origins of the universe calling it Big Bang. Aliens, however cannot understand human language, as Carl Sagan pointed out when talking about Voyager Spacecraft. It was necessary to turn Big Bang into something mathematical, which is 42.
by Ze_Bonitinho
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I like fjords.
Some perfectly normal math right there
>Aliens, however cannot understand human language, as Carl Sagan pointed out when talking about Voyager Spacecraft. It was necessary to turn Big Bang into something mathematical, which is 42.
Why would aliens understand our number system and not our language? And, if they don’t understand our language, why would they appreciate what ’42’ represents?
I refuse to believe that with P=16 and E=5, Doug Adams didn’t intend PEPE to be the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
Also, oil is traded and transported in 42 gallon barrels.
Do with that what you will.
I like your explanation better.