A puzzling insight

There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
- Douglas Adams

Well… this theory has puzzled me for quite some time. I definitely understand its implications and its possibilities in all probability. But the thing that puzzles me is HOW does the process feel like?

I tried a lot of ways to understand that, even to the extent of asking everyone around me of that question… :-) Suddenly, the process of asking questions itself has provided me with a provocative insight into the system of solving.

An analogy.

We are taking an exam of answering questions on a topic. We find that the moment we answer a given question, we are posed with another question in its place. And the moment we solve this new one, we are given one more question in its place and so on. The process is never ending. Will there be an end?

Amidst all this, if the invigilator asks this question, “Have you finished the exam?” Imagine our plight!!! Pretty awful! Isn’t it? There is no way that one can FINISH such exams at any given point of time as the questions coming are never ending.

A parallel.

Consider any crime as a question posed to the police to crack.

The police would never know when they would be given a question to solve. But when they do get one, they will be running against time to solve it in all probability at the earliest. By the time they succeed in solving and announcing the subject from which the question has come, they are forced to focus on one more question but from some other subject. This process continues till mankind remains on the face of earth. And no one is sure of how many subjects exist in this syllabus. All the more reason for further and higher complications!!!

When such is the situation, imagine the plight of the police force when the media asks them, “have you come to the end of the trail, when are you planning to reveal the subjects, why are we (you) allowing such questions to be posed at all and blah … blah… blah?”

Which question to answer and how to answer that question? Kindly guide me…