[Vicomte13]

Oh hell, while I'm add it, I ought to add more hocus pocus and mystery.

42 has dramatic religious significance because it is the product of the first TRINITY of Primes!
And indeed, the first prime and second prime, multiplied together, produce 6, the number of man! So, the primes produce a man! But then the very next prime, following intimately and immediately thereafter, is the very next number, 7! The divine seven, the holy spirit following the product of the first two. Now, multiply the trinity of father, son and holy spirit primes (so to speak), and you get 42!!! The divine product of the number of man 6 (Which is the product itself of the first pair of primes, father and son), and 7, the holy spirit of primes!
Even more mysteriously, the sum of the digits of the product of the First Trinity of Primes is...SIX! Man re-emerges!
Holy bubbling bongwater, Batman!!!

[NathanR]

I don't want to burst your bubble or anything, but 5 is the next prime, not 7. (after 2 and 3)

[2harddrive]

The third prime is 5.

[taxcontrol]

Ok, I'll admit I'm not anywhere near a math wiz, but it seems to me that the first set of primes goes:

1, 2, 3, 5, 7

So the product of the first 3 would be 1X2X3 = 6

Even if you dont consider 1 as a prime number, the product of the first three would be 2X3X5 = 30. It is only if you skip 5 and go to 7 that you can reach 42. So I guess I dont get it or I dont understand something.

Please explain.

[Hostage]

When did the number 5 not become a prime?