How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"A computer whose merest operational parameters I am not worthy to calculate—and yet I will design it for you. A computer which can calculate the Question to the Ultimate Answer, a computer of such infinite and subtle complexity that organic life itself shall form part of its operational matrix. And you yourselves shall take on new forms and go down into the computer to navigate its ten-million-year program! Yes! I shall design this computer for you. And I shall name it also unto you. And it shall be called... the Earth."
Phouchg gaped at Deep Thought.
"What a dull name," he said […] (28.28-30)
Well, not everyone is amazed all the time in this book, and some people are rude enough to announce that they are not amazed. We might agree with Phouchg that the name "Earth" is not so exciting, which must be disappointing to Deep Thought after it's gone on and on about what a great computer Earth will be. But we may be torn here: we learn the boring name of the computer… but then we learn that our planet is a computer, which is kind of amazing (or, at the very least, absurd).