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           Good Lord, Douglas Adams may have been on to something!

> This unexpected connection [that quantum physics and prime numbers are
> inextricably linked] has given us a glimpse of the mathematics that might,
> ultimately, reveal the secret of these enigmatic numbers. At first the link
> seemed rather tenuous. But the important role played by the number **42**
> has recently persuaded even the deepest skeptics that the subatomic world
> might hold the key to one of the greatest unsolved problems in mathematics.
>

Via YARGB (Yet Another Really Great Blog) [1], “PRIME NUMBERS GET HITCHED [2]
(emphasis added)”

I'm sure it was purely coincidental that Douglas Adams [3] picked 42 [4] as
the Ultimate Answer to Everything, but still … it's … mind boggingly weird
for this to happen.

[1] http://yargb.blogspot.com/2006/03/tuesday-tech-digest.html
[2] http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/03/prime_numbers_get_hitched.php?
[3] http://www.hhgproject.org/entries/adamsdouglas.html
[4] http://www.hhgproject.org/entries/42.html

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