can be seen if caught by surprise, or out of the corner of one's eye. (such as not being able to breathe, due to a lack of atmosphere) will become Somebody Else's Problem.Īn S.E.P. Any problem which may present itself to a person inside an S.E.P. can work in much the same way in dangerous or uninhabitable environments. Therefore it can't exist, thus ignoring it comes naturally.Īn S.E.P. A starship taking the appearance of a large pink elephant is ideal because you can see it, yet it is so inconceivable, your mind can't accept it. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Sa13+) SPOILERS Welcome to The Book Seekers Book of the Moment for July and August 2021 If you dont know what Book of the Moment is, you can find more information about it here but, in a nutshell, its a bi-monthly event, during which we all read the same book and then discuss it. An object becomes not so much invisible as unnoticed.Ī perfect example of this would be a ship covered in an SEP field at a cricket match. is applied will cease to be noticed, because any problems one may have understanding it (and therefore accepting its existence) become Somebody Else's Problem. can run almost indefinitely on a torch or a 9 volt battery, and is able to do so because it utilises a person's natural tendency to ignore things they don't easily accept, like, for example, aliens at a cricket match. Slartibartfast's ship, Bistromath, was covered in an S.E.P. Was Douglas Adams poking fun at a particular philosophy, or perhaps a political movement? There are traces of skepticism, sophism, and post-modernism here, but I'm no philosopher.A Somebody Else's Problem field, or S.E.P., is a useful way of safely protecting something from unwanted eyes. Ruler: It merely pleases me to behave in a certain way to what appears Ruler: It's nothing to do with me, I'm not involved with people. Zarniwoop: Look, but don't you see that people live or die on your Ruler: I have no opinion, how can I have. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy contained a number of important ideas that started life as fiction, and are now becoming fact. A look at some of the technologies mentioned in the radio series, and how we’re seeing them in today’s life. Ruler: But it's folly to say you know what's happening to other Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Predictions. Say, "so and so wants to declare what we call a 'war.' These are the Them, they only exist in words I think I hear. Zarniwoop: But don't you see, what you decide affects My universe is what happens to my eyes and ears. Zarniwoop: And they ask you to make decisions, about wars, about economies, about people, about everything going on out there in the universe? Ruler: I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. Zarniwoop: Do you answer all questions like this?
Ruler: How can I tell that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the descrepancy between my immediate physical sensations, and my state of Ruler: Ah, this is a question about the past, is it? Zarniwoop: How long have you been ruling the universe? Think I ought to have one? It seems odd to give a bundle of vague If you find warmth makes you dry, you'd better come in. How it looks to me, but how you feel about it might be a different Zarniwoop: Wet!? Well doesn't it look as if we're wet?
Zarniwoop, Ford, Arthur, and Zaphod speaking to the Ruler: Must be right in thinking they ask me questions. There's mud on the floor, cigarettes and whiskey on my table,įish in your plate, and a memory of them in my mind. Signing songs to you! Perhaps they are singing songs to you and I Questions, do you hear questions? Perhaps you just think they're You see, pussy? And when I hear their questions, and there are many Their six black shiny ships, do they come in your mind too? What do When the men come, or when in my mind the men come, in Fish come from far away, or so I'm told, or so I imagine
I think fish is nice, but I think rain is wet, so who am I Will happen, but how can I tell? I think it's better if I don't get The ruler of the universe, speaking to his cat:įish, pussy get thin and waste away. He is not what they expect: he lives alone with his cat, and refuses to take a stand on anything. In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio drama, Secondary Phase, CD disc 3 track 19, "Pussy Want His Fish?", our heroes finally meet The Man, the secret ruler of the universe. I really am not sure what to make of this guy.
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