Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!tekecs!orca!ariels From: ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan) Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: alternate universes Message-ID: <49@orca.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Aug-83 20:13:35 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.49 Posted: Wed Aug 10 20:13:35 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Aug-83 13:29:32 EDT Lines: 9 Andrew, don't you think it's a little self centered to assume that the universe we currently inhabit is the original (as your numbering system implies)? Why should this universe be 0? Why not another universe? Perhaps this universe is just a shadow universe, ala Zelazny's Amber series. I propose that we number our universe 42. After all, that IS the answer. Ariel Shattan