I always believed that that was because the earth was corrupted (with the time travel stuff for example when the phone polishers ended up on earth) and arthurs brain contained a slightly altered question.
Edit maybe I’m just dumb and didn’t get your finesse.
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No, the question is 6 * 9. The implication is that something is fundamentally wrong with the universe since that doesn’t add up.
I always believed that that was because the earth was corrupted (with the time travel stuff for example when the phone polishers ended up on earth) and arthurs brain contained a slightly altered question.
Edit maybe I’m just dumb and didn’t get your finesse.