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It is known that there is an infinite number of worlds, but that not every one is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so if every planet in the Universe has a populations of zero then the entire population of the Universe must also be zero, and any people you may actually meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
'Fit the Fifth', The Original Hitchhiker Radio Script, 102. In Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, Mathematically Speaking (1998), 58.
See also:  |  Finite (7)  |  Imagination (54)  |  Infinite (13)  |  Inhabitant (2)  |  Number (46)  |  Planet (40)  |  Population (19)  |  Universe (143)  |  World (49)

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