"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is also predicated on the premise that the earth was an elaborate computer that was being used to compute a more meaningful answer than "42," to the Q, "What's the meaning of life, the universe and all that".

Does it make any difference? I think this would call for some extensive sociological surveys among bacteria in petri dishes. How do you feel about take this on as a research topic, if we can arrange European Social Fund grants, Jackie?