# 17/23 correlation? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 23, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227 "2003-08-23T22:15:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paranormal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@paranormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paranormal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/1 "2003-08-23T22:15:38Z")
What exactly is up with the illuminati’s 17/23 correlation? What is it? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/2 "2003-08-23T22:20:27Z")
They have a fetish for prime numbers? What in the hell are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/3 "2003-08-23T22:25:05Z")
[Cecil touches on this subject.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_295.html) > [@](#): > > All the clues are right under our noses and always have been. We just have to open our eyes. An example is the “3172” that can be seen in the bushes at the left side of the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse side of the five-dollar bill. It’s a numerical anagram of the 17/23 correlation… --Adam Kadmon > > … > > Dear Adam: > > The 17/23 correlation? > > –CECIL ADAMS So, he don’t know either. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/4 "2003-08-23T22:37:50Z")
17/23 correlation: 7-1=6, the difference b/w 23 and 17. ---
**Author:** ![paranormal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3be4f8/32.png) [@paranormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paranormal)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/5 "2003-08-23T22:40:56Z")
okele dokele neighbor ---
**Author:** ![Thylacinewas\_taken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Thylacinewas\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacinewas_taken)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/6 "2003-08-24T01:54:16Z")
But… how does that apply to anything? ---
**Author:** ![Thylacinewas\_taken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Thylacinewas\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacinewas_taken)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/7 "2003-08-24T01:56:24Z")
I didn’t mean that to sound as rude as it did! What I meant is that I don’t see how the numbers, even though they fit together cleverly, mean anything. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/8 "2003-08-24T03:57:51Z")
fnord ---
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/9 "2003-08-24T05:25:11Z")
Simple, 17/23 refers to [deleted by the Illuminati] ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/10 "2003-08-24T06:38:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by chaoticdonkey \* > \*\*17/23 correlation: 7-1=6, the difference b/w 23 and 17. \*\* Wow! That’s _amaaazing!_ Wat about the 17/23/911 correlation? 7 (from the 17) + 2 (from the 23) = 9 3 - 2 = 1 And then there’s the 1 from the 17 that we haven’t used yet. 9 1 1 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-23-correlation/197227/11 "2003-08-25T03:57:18Z")
I **f** k **no** wing the **r** evelance is what you want, you’ll just have to **d** o without.