"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"--An Indispensable Educational Tool
John O. Andersen
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"...Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins
because he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, wars, and so on,
whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a
good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more
intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons."--Douglas Adams
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On history:
"The history of every major galactic civilization tends to pass through
three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and
Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases.
For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question "How can we
eat?," the second by the question "Why do we eat?," and the third by the
question "Where shall we have lunch?"
The history of warfare is similarly subdivided, although here the phases are
Retribution, Anticipation, and Diplomacy. Thus:
Retribution: I'm going to kill you because you killed my brother.
Anticipation: I'm going to kill you because I killed your brother.
Diplomacy: I'm going to kill my brother and then kill you on the pretext
that your brother did it."--Douglas Adams
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If you want your children to fine tune their critical capabilities, learn to
better see through the veneer of society, and eventually become veritable
fountains of unconventional ideas, I strongly recommend you introduce them
to the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," and other works of Douglas Adams.
Adam's thinking had a major impact on mine during an impressionable stage in
my life. After subjecting myself to it in large doses, I was never the same
again.
By the way, Adams has a website chock full of information. Visit it at:
http://www.douglasadams.com
John Andersen
Uncoventional Ideas at http://www.unconventionalideas.com
Themestream Articles
http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_by_tag.gsp?auth_id=34436
Read about the Andersen family travels:
http://www.unconventionalideas.com/travel.html
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"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that
cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong
goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or
repair."--Douglas Adams
"...Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins
because he had achieved so much... the wheel, New York, wars, and so on,
whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a
good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more
intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons."--Douglas Adams
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On history:
"The history of every major galactic civilization tends to pass through
three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and
Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases.
For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question "How can we
eat?," the second by the question "Why do we eat?," and the third by the
question "Where shall we have lunch?"
The history of warfare is similarly subdivided, although here the phases are
Retribution, Anticipation, and Diplomacy. Thus:
Retribution: I'm going to kill you because you killed my brother.
Anticipation: I'm going to kill you because I killed your brother.
Diplomacy: I'm going to kill my brother and then kill you on the pretext
that your brother did it."--Douglas Adams
****
If you want your children to fine tune their critical capabilities, learn to
better see through the veneer of society, and eventually become veritable
fountains of unconventional ideas, I strongly recommend you introduce them
to the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," and other works of Douglas Adams.
Adam's thinking had a major impact on mine during an impressionable stage in
my life. After subjecting myself to it in large doses, I was never the same
again.
By the way, Adams has a website chock full of information. Visit it at:
http://www.douglasadams.com
John Andersen
Uncoventional Ideas at http://www.unconventionalideas.com
Themestream Articles
http://www.themestream.com/gspd_browse/browse/view_by_tag.gsp?auth_id=34436
Read about the Andersen family travels:
http://www.unconventionalideas.com/travel.html
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"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that
cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong
goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or
repair."--Douglas Adams