Timeline for Short story regarding aliens who come to Earth to answer a question humanity has
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| Jan 31, 2021 at 9:13 | answer | added | tgdavies | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 4, 2018 at 16:29 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSciFi/status/970335359010734080 | ||
| Mar 3, 2018 at 20:22 | comment | added | Rob Rose | @user14111 now that you mention it, it's possible this was just a joke I heard (but with aliens instead of a wise sage). Though I'm pretty sure that link you posted wasn't it. | |
| Mar 3, 2018 at 19:28 | history | edited | user14111 |
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| Mar 3, 2018 at 18:25 | comment | added | user14111 | I found a version of this Zen koan (or whatever it is) on the web: “What is the Ultimate Question, and what is its Answer?”. The answer to that is, of course: “The Ultimate Question is ‘What is the Ultimate Question, and what is its Answer?’ and its answer is what has just been given.” | |
| Mar 3, 2018 at 18:05 | comment | added | user14111 | Here's the version of this old joke that I heard 50 or 60 years ago: A man goes on an arduous pilgrimage to consult an all-knowing sage who would respond to one question. On finding the sage, the man asks him, "What is the best question that I can ask, and what is the best answer that can be given?" The sage replies, "The best question that can be asked is the one you have just asked, and the best answer that can be given is the one I am giving you." Apparently somebody took this old story and dressed it up with aliens. | |
| Mar 3, 2018 at 8:19 | history | asked | Rob Rose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |