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Humans find symmetry pretty, and fortunately experience has taught us time and again that often the more symmetric solution is the better one.
by gct 8y ago
Humans find symmetry pretty, and fortunately experience has taught us time and again that often the more symmetric solution is the better one.
- resource0x 8y agoNot sure. Look at any symmetric figure, and compare it with a real flower, or a leaf, or a bee. Which is more beautiful? The former looks dead in comparison. I think the laws of nature are more similar in their "beauty" to the latter.
- perl4ever 8y agoI'm thinking vaguely of how, in a song, a "perfect rhyme" can be as jarring as the lack of a rhyme where expected. I started listening for them and it seems as though "general rhymes" are the rule. There's something about imperfect symmetry in nature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme