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danieljoelnewman — Week 28 - Babel Fish
Published: 2009-07-12 18:11:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 2863; Favourites: 64; Downloads: 953
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My interpretation of Douglas Adam's famous Babel Fish. Here it is happily munching its way through a sea of delicious symbols. Recognize any of them?Related content
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Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that something so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.
The argument goes something like this: I refuse to prove that I exist, says God, for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing.
But, says Man, the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.
Oh dear, says God, I hadn't thought of that, and vanishes in a puff of logic.
Oh, that was easy, says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.
Most leading theologians claim that this argument is a load of dingo's kidneys, but that didn't stop Oolon Colluphid making a small fortune when he used it as the theme of his best-selling book, Well That about Wraps It Up for God.
Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.
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mmmI can see a fish with legs into the symbols...
www.religioustolerance.org/dar… ?
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that pic is exactly what i thought of when it was first introduced in the book
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42! And a Darwin fish. And the almighty dollar. I like how it's sucking up language.
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Hey, did you see this one??
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It's pretty cool, but I still like yours better!
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Hah! I'm not a huge Douglas Adams fan, but this is great.
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Gasp! haha, I guess Adams isn't for everyone. Thanks!
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Nice....I love the detail on the fish and its fins, and the way it's sucking up the symbols.
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Wow. This is awesome and very detailed. I recognized some of the symbols in the background. *+fav*
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