[Dragaera] OT reference to the number 17

[David Dyer-Bennet]

On 11/9/06, Jon Lincicum <lincicum at comcast.net> wrote:
> >On 11/9/06, Casey Rousseau <casey at the-bat.net <http://lists.dragaera.info/listinfo.cgi/dragaera-dragaera.info>> wrote:
> >>/ Buckley has obviously pulled the number 17 out of his, um, hat.  This
> />>/ number is what you're likely to come up with when you're asked to pick a
> />>/ random number: it's the smallest prime number without any special
> />>/ cultural significance.  ...
> />
> >What is the significance of 11?
>
> I suppose it depends on how you define "culturally significant".
>
> Myself, I don't find much that's "culturally significant" in the number 5 either, but maybe that's just me.

Well, but "the magic number" culturally is widely held to be 5 plus-or-minus 2.
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