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This is nothing more than numerology... just parodeilia in another form. Illuminating, in that it shows just how powerful the human brain is at pattern matchin
by zzalpha 11y ago
This is nothing more than numerology... just parodeilia in another form.
Illuminating, in that it shows just how powerful the human brain is at pattern matching and finding false order in even random noise, particularly if we help it out by working the data a bit to produce a pleasing result.
Random? Why yes. See, the current conjecture is that Pi is a Normal Number:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_number
"[This] means that no digit, or combination of digits, occurs more frequently than any other, and this is true whether the number is written in base 10, binary, or any other base."
Put another way, "A normal number can be thought of as an infinite sequence of coin flips (binary) or rolls of a die (base 6)."
- antimagic 11y agoWhich is fair enough. It does make me wonder though if you tried representing the duration in base 4 of pi, or something like that, whether you couldn't create something that sounded quite nice. Probably not, but I admit that if it was something I could whip up easily, I would do the experiment :)
- zzalpha 11y agoWell, random signals can sound nice... I do enjoy the white noise of wind blowing through trees. :) But it's still a random signal, regardless of its apparent aesthetic qualities. Any hint of structure is just the human brain doing what it does so well: pattern matching. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a grilled cheese sandwich I need to pray to... ;)
- antimagic 11y agoWhich is fair enough. It does make me wonder though if you tried representing the duration in base 4 of pi, or something like that, whether you couldn't create something that sounded quite nice. Probably not, but I admit that if it was something I could whip up easily, I would do the experiment :)