Is it because 42 has the cosmic significance of the average tree-stump?
No, and yet yes, but only if you're aware of the true numbers involved. The AE had to learn to measure before they could build anything that would stay up.
Even after someone spat impatiently 'Oh call it a q-bit if you want....', for all their pretty pictures, they missed the 3 numbers required to answer all their questions about the afterlife and far beyond. Then - to be on the safe side, they build the safest structure they know - a pile of rocks.
Now, we all know that rocks are usually lumpy Irregular things, not too many whole numbers there, wherein lies the root of their problem - but WAS it a problem?
No, and yet yes, but only if you're aware of the true numbers involved. The AE had to learn to measure before they could build anything that would stay up.
Even after someone spat impatiently 'Oh call it a q-bit if you want....', for all their pretty pictures, they missed the 3 numbers required to answer all their questions about the afterlife and far beyond. Then - to be on the safe side, they build the safest structure they know - a pile of rocks.
Now, we all know that rocks are usually lumpy Irregular things, not too many whole numbers there, wherein lies the root of their problem - but WAS it a problem?