palmer (12/02/82)
The answer is, of course, forty-two, and the question is "what do you
get when you multiply six by nine?"
The key to understanding is
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It is the natural base to use for greater understanding, based on ten
fingers, two feet, and a head. (Zaphod Beeblebrox should use base 19).
Once you start using base thirteen, the world suddenly makes sense,
some examples:
pi = 3.1AC10491
e = 2.9450B026
And not just mathematics, using base thirteen provides huge insights
into philosophy (why are people born, why do they die, why do they spend so
much time in between wearing digital watches?) and society (why can't
people be nice to each other for a change?)
Elaboration of this explanation in my next message (I have to go answer
the phone.)
The enlightened one
David Palmer