![To illustrate the vain conceit that the universe must be somehow pre-ordained for us, because we are so well-suited to live in it, he [Douglas Adams] mimed a wonderfully funny imitation of a puddle of water, fitting itself snugly into a depression in the ground, the depression uncannily being exactly the same shape as the puddle.](/assets/img/quote-photos/to-illustrate-the-vain-conceit-that-the-universe-must-be-somehow-pre-ordained-for.jpg)
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