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doing some quick searches comes up with something like http://www.sacred-geometry.es/?q=en/content/phi-atomic-structure http://www.sacred-geometry.es/?q=en/cont

by cozzyd 12y ago

doing some quick searches comes up with something like http://www.sacred-geometry.es/?q=en/content/phi-atomic-structure http://www.sacred-geometry.es/?q=en/content/phi-atomic-struc... , but I can't tell if this serious or satire... (It's true of any number that x = x/phi + x/phi^2, surely you can do better than that in a satire? ) edit: holy shit, people actually try really hard with this nonsense... http://www.ijsciences.com/pub/pdf/V2-201305-08.pdf http://www.ijsciences.com/pub/pdf/V2-201305-08.pdf

typedweb 12y ago
Yes, it's serious. But I'm sure I'll get more downvotes for saying that too...whatever.
- pavel_lishin 12y ago
  You're getting downvotes because you're making an assertion (phi is related to many cosmological constants) but are consistently not backing it up, citing any specific sources, etc.
  - pain 12y ago
    For many reasons we can remove phi from discourse, and that might be a point. http://www.quora.com/Language-Seeking-Behavior/What-great-scientific-and-psychological-questions-would-be-ruled-unacceptable-and-edited-out?share=1 http://www.quora.com/Language-Seeking-Behavior/What-great-sc...
relaytheurgency 12y ago
Yes, it's sad. It's as if dimensions/units don't matter. There was a story about this quack on NPR that thought he could prove Einstein wrong. Turned out the guy couldn't differentiate (or wouldn't?) between momentum and energy. All his units were mixed up. He didn't even see the flaw in that.
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- cbd1984 12y ago
  Act Three (Sucker Mc-squared) of the This American Life episode "A Little Bit of Knowledge" and I promise you I didn't remember all of that offhand: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/293/a-little-bit-of-knowledge http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/293/a... According to the capsule summary, he also thought he'd disprove Newton's work, in addition to disproving Einstein's.
  - spiritplumber 12y ago
    And then he proved that black is white and promptly got killed on the next zebra crossing?

by cozzyd 12y ago

typedweb 12y ago

Yes, it's serious. But I'm sure I'll get more downvotes for saying that too...whatever.

pavel_lishin 12y ago
You're getting downvotes because you're making an assertion (phi is related to many cosmological constants) but are consistently not backing it up, citing any specific sources, etc.
- pain 12y ago
  For many reasons we can remove phi from discourse, and that might be a point. http://www.quora.com/Language-Seeking-Behavior/What-great-scientific-and-psychological-questions-would-be-ruled-unacceptable-and-edited-out?share=1 http://www.quora.com/Language-Seeking-Behavior/What-great-sc...

relaytheurgency 12y ago

Yes, it's sad. It's as if dimensions/units don't matter. There was a story about this quack on NPR that thought he could prove Einstein wrong. Turned out the guy couldn't differentiate (or wouldn't?) between momentum and energy. All his units were mixed up. He didn't even see the flaw in that.

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cbd1984 12y ago
Act Three (Sucker Mc-squared) of the This American Life episode "A Little Bit of Knowledge" and I promise you I didn't remember all of that offhand: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/293/a-little-bit-of-knowledge http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/293/a... According to the capsule summary, he also thought he'd disprove Newton's work, in addition to disproving Einstein's.
- spiritplumber 12y ago
  And then he proved that black is white and promptly got killed on the next zebra crossing?