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You're on my dance card too?

SDAI-Tech1 — 5/8/2008 1:53:01 AM (archived)

Ok, let's dance...

My post was guilty of generalization - obviously not every infinite logarithmic spiral in nature is Phi. I should have made that more clear.

Any logarithmic spiral that can continue on without cessation will do to permit infinite growth. In an infinite universe there should be an infinite potential of infinite logarithmic spirals to choose from.

Even a quick glance tells us the nautilus shell is not the Phi sequence, but another logarithmic sequence.

Wikipedia is not a scholarly source.

Here's a link from UCLA that has VERY good, detailed information:

UCLA Fibonacci & the Golden Section

There's a LOT of good stuff to read there, including detailed explanations of Fibonacci sequences in nature and why irrational numbers are the best for growth.

If you and anyone else interested read the links provided it will save me LOTS of time and effort to reiterate it all.

Thanks!

;-)

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• Don't be too hard on Hillary - ER - 5/2/2008 1:58:03 AM
  • "OOOO OOO...I know Mr. Kot-tare!!!!!!" - Horshack - 5/4/2008 1:36:38 AM
    • Enzyme Breakdown. - ER - 5/4/2008 12:44:48 PM
      • Welcome Back....to the same ol... (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 3:12:40 AM
  • I can tell you what I think but you won't believe it - Eri - 5/2/2008 3:41:13 AM
    • Imagination in an infinite universe. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/3/2008 8:52:10 AM
      • Finite reality does not compute. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/4/2008 11:22:31 PM
        • Can you give me one example of one of nature's infinite spirals... - alcaray - 5/5/2008 10:33:58 PM
          • But of course! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 12:12:18 AM
            • Not infinite, friend. Try again. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/6/2008 12:29:00 AM
              • C'mon READ the link... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 12:44:30 AM
                • re: "No matter how large"= infinite. - Yeti - 5/6/2008 5:43:25 AM
                • Flowers, however, are not infinite series. You misspoke. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/6/2008 1:29:50 AM
                  • One more time... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 1:41:34 AM
                    • Wow! The magical Phi! Wow! Its the power of Phi! - Yeti - 5/6/2008 6:19:52 AM
                      • Benoit Mandelbrot was the lecturer, and its Planck's constant (n/t) - Yeti - 5/6/2008 6:22:37 AM
                    • Well if you want to escape to metaphysics, you can make any unprovable assertion that you want to. - alcaray - 5/6/2008 2:13:31 AM
                      • Where's the metaphysics? - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 2:44:23 AM
                        • Wow, for a guy with a photographic memory you sure dont learn from the past... - ARRELL - 5/8/2008 12:30:12 AM
                        • re: Where's the metaphysics? - alcaray - 5/6/2008 2:50:47 AM
                          • Sigh. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 3:10:18 AM
                            • Re: there is no such thing as "a little bit infinite." - Yeti - 5/6/2008 6:45:35 AM
                              • You seriously need to switch to decaf. ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 9:07:47 AM
                                • A steaming load of bullshit from someone who does not even understand the words you use. (n/t) - Yeti - 5/6/2008 4:31:10 PM
                                  • Insulting yourself eh? That's a new one. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 10:04:00 PM
                                    • Gradeschool comeback noted. That it does not change the fact you words you don't understand- also noted (n/t) - Yeti - 5/6/2008 11:46:13 PM
                                      • Take a breath before hitting post. It's still garbled. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/7/2008 12:30:54 AM
                                        • Nope. Proof reading posts to you is not worth my time. (n/t) - Yeti - 5/7/2008 5:09:20 AM
                                  • Hah! You said "bullshit" in a subject line! (n/t) - TB - 5/6/2008 6:18:53 PM
                                    • He treats every board as if it were Flame. (n/t) - Lee - 5/9/2008 12:25:30 AM
                                    • Oh, crap. So did I. (n/t) - TB - 5/6/2008 6:19:25 PM
                                      • Wait. Does "crap" count? (n/t) - TB - 5/6/2008 6:20:00 PM
                                        • Since when is 'Bullshit' forbidden in the subject line? - Yeti - 5/6/2008 7:00:01 PM
                                          • Whoa... - TB - 5/8/2008 4:45:15 AM
                                  • hit post too soon - Yeti - 5/6/2008 4:34:08 PM
                                    • Still haven't switched, I see. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/6/2008 9:55:25 PM
                                      • SIGH- fish in a barrel again... If you devoted this energy to actually learning something you might get somewhere - ARRELL - 5/8/2008 1:09:26 AM
                                        • You're on my dance card too? - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/8/2008 1:53:01 AM
                                          • None of the 'scholarly' articles have a damn thing to do with the pseudoscience you are trying to sell - ARRELL - 5/8/2008 3:38:30 AM
                                          • Again - Yeti - 5/8/2008 3:36:23 AM
                                            • "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means" - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/8/2008 4:52:36 AM
                            • and every circle must be irrational and transcendental since pi must be used to describe them. - alcaray - 5/6/2008 4:10:06 AM
        • This was supposed to go under Raoul's post. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/4/2008 11:23:16 PM
      • Infinity and zero are nothing more than mathematical concepts (n/t) - Raoul - 5/4/2008 2:39:10 PM
      • "There are an INFINITE number of SDAI-Tech1 type folks out there righting posts very similar to this one." - ER - 5/3/2008 2:28:46 PM
        • Scary thought isn't it? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/3/2008 6:12:34 PM
    • You're right. I don't. - ER - 5/2/2008 1:16:03 PM
      • Am I psyhic or what? (n/t) - Eri - 5/3/2008 4:33:27 AM
        • Yeesh. It's late and I'm groggy from being up with tornado warnings/sirens. That's psychic (n/t) - Eri - 5/3/2008 4:35:43 AM
      • Dreams - TB - 5/2/2008 9:22:06 PM
      • "its capabilities and its limitations" - McFly - 5/2/2008 3:46:28 PM
        • On a related topic, - ER - 5/2/2008 7:03:41 PM
        • oops... - McFly - 5/2/2008 3:53:30 PM
  • I think it's more of a 'Clinton' thing rather than an age thing. - RobVG - 5/2/2008 2:58:04 AM
    • re: I think it's more of a 'Clinton' thing rather than an age thing. - Yeti - 5/2/2008 5:49:34 AM
      • Oh my dear Yeti, I think you're already confused... (n/t) - RobVG - 5/3/2008 1:51:20 AM