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[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Perfect numbers are number theory not numerology

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean kinda? We're assigning importance to a neat coincidence.

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

On the one hand, sure.

On the other hand, a lot of significant things in math and science came about because someone noticed and then studied a neat coincidence.

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

Maybe it's just a nomenclature thing for me. Calling it a perfect number makes me think of the dudes in Pi.