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Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by swampthinker on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:01PM (#18738404)
Perhaps they are related.
Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by zahreeley on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:02PM (#18738408)
Hehe
Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by spiritcat on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:10PM (#18738459)
you mean like like each prime makes up one of the unique universal souls that exist throughout time and space?

whoa

Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by heyjudy on Friday December 21, 2018 @09:25PM (#18738529)
The universe is likely a simulation, so a soul maybe a prime primary key and so use a Mersenne prime to save space as a form of compression because only n needs to be stored, not the full bitstring. The real question is: does the universe have microcode opcodes to operate on Mersenne primes natively without expanding them?

PS: Atheist ;)

Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by AnimalMuppet on Friday December 21, 2018 @11:48PM (#18738975)
If the universe is a simulation, isn't the programmer effectively God?

And: "Likely"? Objection, your honor. Assumes facts not in evidence.

Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by bouncycastle on Saturday December 22, 2018 @11:21AM (#18741156)
Good call. Well, if humans ever happen to create such a simulator themselves, will they effectively become God?
Re:A New Largest-Known Prime Number by AnimalMuppet on Saturday December 22, 2018 @02:16PM (#18742007)
To the simulation, probably yes.