We prove, for example, not that (7 + 9 × 8 - 2)/3 = 42 but we refer to the pure perception in time, counting thus makes each individual problem an axiom. The trouble is simply, that they don’t love others enough.Schopenhauer used an equation with the answer of 42 to make a metaphysical point in “The World as Will and Idea.” I suspect this is the meaning Adams had in mind:Īs time has only one dimension, counting is the only arithmetical operation, to which all others may be reduced and yet counting is just intuition or perception a priori, to which there is no hesitation in appealing here, and through which alone everything else, every sum and every equation, is ultimately proved.

The trouble with humans beings is not really that they love themselves too much, they ought to love themselves more. We each made an animated head using portraits of our chosen philosophers, using quotes from what they had said and our own voices as an input into the conversation. We each chose a deceased philosopher from our own country and I chose Mary Midgley, who agreed with the GAIA theory about all living things and our planet. The trouble is simply that they don’t love others enough. Nature is the ant, the bee and all the living things of the earth.Ĭat – The trouble with human beings is not really that they love themselves too much they ought to love themselves more. Nature is the solitary tree in the field, the meadows and the grove it is that squirrel shyly hiding behind a bough. Nature is the tiger, that extraordinary animal with its energy, its great sense of power. Smu “Nature is not put together by thought, as religion and beliefs are. We started to put some of our quotes together, to see how they’d create a story: I plan to add ambient soundscapes into each of the chapters. If we have time, this artwork could also be realised as an interactive browser-based artwork.

We have decided to make a film, using the search engine as a framework of curiosity to create a story of chapters answering existential questions about humans and nature, to create a conversation with philosophers of the past, whilst asking the question – is AI the answer? Clip from The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (film of the novel)Īs we are searching for answers to questions about life, the universe – everything, spoken by philosophers from Germany, India and the UK, we also wondered whether AI may be the answer? Miro Board with ideas for final artwork Talking Hasan and Kamya through our idea for our film

Hitchhiker's guide to the universe 42