<P> In the radio series and the first novel , a group of hyper - intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life , The Universe , and Everything from the supercomputer , Deep Thought , specially built for this purpose . It takes Deep Thought 71⁄2 million years to compute and check the answer , which turns out to be 42 . Deep Thought points out that the answer seems meaningless because the beings who instructed it never actually knew what the Question was . </P>
<P> In the radio series and the first novel , a group of hyper - intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life , The Universe , and Everything from the supercomputer , Deep Thought , specially built for this purpose . It takes Deep Thought 71⁄2 million years to compute and check the answer , which turns out to be 42 . Deep Thought points out that the answer seems meaningless because the beings who instructed it never actually knew what the Question was . </P>
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy the answer to everything
hitchhikers guide to the galaxy the answer to everything
42
42