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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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