The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwa… - Douglas Adams

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The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe.

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Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author and satirist, best known for his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy scripts and books.

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Birth Name: Douglas Noël Adams

Alternative Names: Douglas Noel Adams • Douglas N. Adams

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