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thats a fair frustration. i hadn't seen your comment in the other thread. in retrospect i was making an undue generalization based on "golden ratio" + "unknown
by disconcision 6y ago
thats a fair frustration. i hadn't seen your comment in the other thread. in retrospect i was making an undue generalization based on "golden ratio" + "unknown universal constant". there's a lot of naively-platonist woo around this particular juxtaposition. apologies if that's not where you were going.
- eyelidlessness 6y agoThank you. This sincerely makes me feel better. And not that it’s related but right after hoofing a bunch of crap up a hill in rain with bags falling apart and almost losing a bunch of household basics, it’s a pleasant thing to return to an exchange on here that’s considerate and not escalated. Addressing your response, I’m sure there’s a bit of detectable woo even after clarification, but it’s just wonder. I don’t think there’s a magical energy core connecting all life. I just think that it’s a fascinating thing about physical reality that a mathematical constant as defined by humans is something that finds expression in a lot of seemingly unrelated places. It’s entirely possible that the ratio is just common enough in growth patterns, or just a pattern than emerges when the right set of otherwise common constraints come together. It’s just neat to me, that’s all.