Thanks for all the fish

Just like Wagon Wheels, the push-button room at the science museum was a lot smaller than I remember. But I hadn't been there for nearly thirty years and only went recently after doing the job-interview thing in London. It was a good idea: the whole museum and the exhibits are absolutely magnificent and definitely worth half a day of anyone's time.

The reason I'd gone, though, was to see the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy exhibit – yes I know, it's sad and about time I grew up blah blah blah but H2G2 is really deep ok! :-)

Unfortunately the exhibit was a bit disappointing and has now closed. After paying the outrageous eight quid something to get in, there was a sequence of promising rooms each depicting a scene from the movie. But they were all fairly static and sparse – lots of missed opportunities for interaction or, at least, active exhibits, and several blank stretches of wall.

A bit of a let down.

Except for just one poster:

"Probability is very hard for most humans to understand. That's why there are many people who smoke but will avoid some foodstuffs because of the additives."

Written by Douglas Adams and worth the entrance price alone it should be the foreword on every maths textbook...

Unfortunately I didn't memorise the exact wording and haven't found the quote in Google yet. If anyone out there has a pointer to the full quote please leave a comment :-)