“We have to have something that sounds good,” said Benjy. “Something that sounds good?” exclaimed Arthur. “A Question to the Ultimate Answer that sounds good? From a couple of mice?” The mice bristled. “Well, I mean, yes idealism, yes the dignity of pure research, yes the pursuit of truth in all its forms, but there comes a point I’m afraid where you begin to suspect that if there’s any real truth, it’s that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. And if it comes to a choice between spending yet another ten million years finding
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