Scott Bryant

Former Student of all Things Related to Pachyderms

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“There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same." #Frodo #ReturnOfTheKing #HomewardBound

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@CmonMattTHINK I hated them as a child. And then, one magical day, they became the very best vegetable ever.

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@CmonMattTHINK Just had a conversation with a student in my world religion class. They observed that they were leaving with more questions than answers. And I politely suggested that all education ought to foster a sense of wonder and curiosity as opposed to providing answers and comfort.

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@jasonwblakely Yes.

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@McShauno @reachjulieroys @celebration_org @arcchurches "Run, Forrest. Run."

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@Image_Journal @james_ka_smith @tweeterlabird @DougSikkema @wthelms Solid opening essay by @james_ka_smith. I started my subscription three issues ago and it's quickly becoming something I look forward to seeing in the mailbox. Nice work, @Image_Journal.

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@ryanmahoney5150 And the great news here is found in the last paragraph. You can still work to surpass the one guy in the room who is less agreeable than you.

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@scotmcknight Why do we fear OT stories? Because in our pulpits and on the popular level, we've built a false, Marconite narrative that artificially separates the NT's "God of Grace" from the Tanakh's "God of Wrath," which has often lead to a soft (even hard?), un-acknowledged anti-Semitism.

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@CmonMattTHINK Shoot. Sometimes you post a problem and I can walk right by. Other times, not so much. And I ain't got time for this today!

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"The era of the jackboot is over: the forces that come for our decency, humor and freedom will be extolling, in beautiful smooth voice, the virtues of decency, humor and freedom" (Saunders, "The Braindead Megaphone, p.14)

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People who you are fighting may lover their kids, and share certain things with you." (Barack Obama, public speech)

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Thread: "The idea of purity, and that you're never compromised, and you're always politically woke - you should get over that quickly. The world is messy. There are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws ...

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@CmonMattTHINK But how can I test that? It could have a prime FACTOR of 21,012 and I wouldn't know. Well, I know that number is prime because it's divisible by three. But you get what I'm saying, right?

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@CmonMattTHINK Unless I can figure out a way to generate all the primes between 1 and 44,311, I can't test it. And my 6x +/-1 model, while better than my triplet model, is still busted.

So how can I know?

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@CmonMattTHINK Well, let's assume there. For arguments, let's say that there are 5: 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7. Don't need to worry about 4,6,8,9 and 10 because they're not.

1x2x3x5x7=210 +1 =211 (I'm now sure this is prime)
1x2x3x5x7x211 = 44,310 + 1 (noooo clue!)

And I'm lost.

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@CmonMattTHINK But I can't test it because I don't know how to generate a list of prime numbers. My little model of 6x +/- 1 comes up with some bogus hits.

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@CmonMattTHINK If I had to guess, I think I'm close to suggesting the idea that there is an infinite supply of primes. If every time I add 1 to the multiple of primes, and thus eliminate those primes as potential factors of the new #, then I think I'm close to proving infinite prime numbers