04 November 2009

Bowl of Petunias





Now it is such a bizarrely impossible coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the nonexistence of God. The argument goes something like this:

"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."

"But," say Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED."

"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that" and promply vanishes in a puff of logic.

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Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.

~Douglas Adams
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


If you could choose your dieing words, what would they be?

3 comments:

  1. "Holy sh*t, what a ride!" ;)
    I {heart} Douglas Adams. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. Now that's a mind bender! :-) Love Douglas Adams.

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  3. Jade - Awesome dieing words!

    Stephanie - Excellent!

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