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Brother Andúril - Guardian Started conversation Jan 3, 2006
Arthur only found out about the Beta just before the end. How come Marvin could see the question in Arthur's brinwave patterns? Surely its implausable to believe he was lying...
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h2g2TheBurkissWay Posted Mar 3, 2006
ARTHUR:
So whatever it was that Marvin spotted in my brainwave patterns is, in fact, the wrong question!
FORD:
Yeah! Well, it might be right, but it’s probably wrong. Ah, if only we could find out what it is…!
--"Fit the Sixth", from the original radio series
Interestingly, there is a strange theory which suggests that Marvin always knew the Question and was just too cynical to tell anyone intelligent enough to understand it. Life, the Universe, and Everything includes Marvin speaking to Zem the Mattress. "Think of a number, any number." Zem replies "Er, five", and Marvin says, "Wrong." Thus: is the "question" Think of a number, any number?
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