An xkcd (from 9/5/14) that I seem to have overlooked:
The sevens here: Disney’s seven dwarfs, the seven major taxonomic ranks, the seven continents, the seven deadly sins, seven layer dip, the seven layers of the OSI model [Open Systems Interconnection model], the seven wonders of the ancient world.
In the mouseover, we get more: seven days of the week, the Seven Sisters colleges, the seven seas, the seven colors of the rainbow, the Pleiades (seven sisters), the seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the seven seals in the Book of Revelation.
The number 7 is freighted with meaning.
April 17, 2015 at 8:04 am |
There are also 7 virtues: prudence, justice, temperance, fortitude, faith, hope, and charity. (And yes, I did have to look them up.)