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Which was Douglas Adams’ single best line of writing?

is a question from Quora, from which my favourite of the many responses was: For many more see: https://www.quora.com/Which-was-Douglas-Adams-single-best-line-of-writing

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Two more letters

I can’t help feeling that I was a little unfair to Douglas Hofstadter in my last post, so as these were hypothetical letters, I will travel back in time, and send two more, enquiring whether a reductionist or a holistic … Continue reading

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A Tail of Two Letters …

… or the importance of being Douglas. I’m currently reading Douglas Hofstadter’s “I am a Strange Loop”, which has reminded me of two hypothetical imaginary letters that I never sent (and now never will) to Mr Hofstadter and Douglas Adams. … Continue reading

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