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The Total Perspective Vortex is allegedly the most horrible torture device to which a sentient being can be subjected. When you are put into the Vortex you are
by l1k 8y ago
The Total Perspective Vortex is allegedly the most horrible torture device to which a sentient being can be subjected.
When you are put into the Vortex you are given just one momentary glimpse of the entire unimaginable infinity of creation, and somewhere in it there's a tiny little speck, a microscopic dot on a microscopic dot, which says, "You are here."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_in_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Total_Perspective_Vortex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_in_The_Hitchhiker%2...
- KozmoNau7 8y agoI dunno man. I'm already quite aware of how insignificant I am on a cosmic scale. So it would be interesting to gain a proper sense of scale of the ridiculous vastness of space.
- crooked-v 8y agoIt's pretty great if you're Zaphod Beeblebrox, though, since then it just confirms that the entire universe centers on you.
- zaarn 8y agoWell in that specific case the universe was actually centered around Beeblebrox since he was in the boss office who was on a cruise vacation. In his office.