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What reason for 42 digits incitements to crop up in fundamental working of the universe or is there any?

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"There is an almost foolproof geek test. Stand in front of a person and just say “42“. If the subject of your inquisitiveness smiles knowingly, he or she is a geek."
If he smiles it probably means that he has read The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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[Replying to post 2 by puddleglum]

Yes but 42 has more tban just the fictional book.

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The ratio between gravitational attraction to electrical repulsion, is 42 digits long well 1/(4.17 X 10^42). There is another not sure if it is easily found.
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While this may be true, I don't see how it's anything beyond mere coincidence. Sometimes things, by chance, happen to coincide -- there isn't necessarily a reason to think it's anything deeper.
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[Replying to post 4 by Excubis]

4.17 X 10^42 is 43 digits long.

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This was more a joke, wanted to see what kind of responses I would get and how long before someone called bull on claim.

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