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		Velorivox 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Dilbert creator Scott Adams says he will die soon ... How come prime numbers are special but squares aren’t? 4 and 9 both being squares seems to be a more striking commonality than your logic here…

tarvaina 7 months ago [–]

Yeah. Alternative explanation: I'd say 3 and 7 are out because they often come up in fairy takes etc as magical. 5 is out because it's half of ten and the number of fingers. 2 is out because it is too small.

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