In that case, "Return zero" would not be a very appropriate ending.
I think so. That's our "42".
A nod to the Hitchhiker's Guide?
Yes. The underlying question in both works is: "What is the meaning of life?" Douglas Adams came up with "42" in answer to the ultimate question. And we say: "(Return) 0". Which could be interpreted as "There is no meaning".
Fine!
Or, alternatively: "Stop thinking about the meaning of life". That is what I had in mind when I contributed to this episode: all fairly random pieces of text and/or music that were converted into a 'sound code'. I noticed how many rhythmic and melodic materials were produced that way. Somehow, a certain order seems to be audible in arbitrariness.
Chaos swings.
Anyway, that's what I hear, what the listener might hear in it. And that is another answer to the question (besides "(Return) 0"): "Just hear the answer yourself".
Yes. All in all another beautiful philosophically charged episode.
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