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Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by andrewflnr on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:03AM (#34257592)
That's enough for a curiosity but not, in my judgement, for a minor cultural icon. You need a tiny bit more meat on the legend for that.
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Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by bentley on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:16AM (#34257664)
Fair enough, but you don’t think that unique characteristic is enough to inspire the name of a character like Stephenson’s immortal wanderer Enoch Root?
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Re:An Unorthodox Scholar Uses Technology to Expose Biblical ... by andrewflnr on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:41AM (#34257782)
That's an exceptionally intractable sort of "would have happened" question, but sure, it's possible.
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