Why "a seminal event?"

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Why "a seminal event?"

McFly — 6/19/2008 4:47:41 PM (archived)

Lucy Pringle, a researcher of crop formations, said: "This is an astounding development - it is a seminal event."

I don't see why it would be considered as such. It's clever (to a point), and realized with a certain amount of ambition, but where does that leave us? I suppose if we only knew pi to 9 digits, it'd be a revelation.

What am I missing?

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Most complex crop circle ever discovered in British fields - Lindy - 6/19/2008 3:03:46 AM
- COOL New Circle - Lindy - 6/25/2008 1:50:06 AM
- Don't the farmers get pissed? - James Brown - 6/23/2008 5:24:57 AM
  - Once they get down to the pub? Thoroughly. (n/t) - TB - 6/25/2008 4:36:41 AM
  - The aliens/interdimensional beings/purple dragons are testing the farmers - Socrates II - 6/23/2008 2:13:18 PM
- Progression - Lindy - 6/21/2008 2:28:20 AM
  - Here's a mathematical perspective - Lindy - 6/21/2008 2:45:26 AM
    - re: Here's a mathematical perspective - SDG - 6/21/2008 4:39:16 AM
      - re: Here's a mathematical perspective - Lindy - 6/21/2008 6:22:29 AM
        
        Progression - Lindy - 6/21/2008 6:34:54 AM
- Why "a seminal event?" - McFly - 6/19/2008 4:47:41 PM
  - How many digits is that in binary? - ER - 6/19/2008 5:15:53 PM
    - Binary Pi - ARRELL - 6/19/2008 6:01:11 PM
- Well, maybe it boggles some minds - TB - 6/19/2008 4:13:33 PM
  - 8 segments doesn't work for our base 10 number system though. - SDG - 6/19/2008 7:29:37 PM
    - Sure it does. This isn't numbers, it's graphics. - TB - 6/20/2008 4:20:17 AM
      - It's just for a freehand doodler to divide a circle in eight segments than ten. Try it. - TB - 6/20/2008 4:21:54 AM
        
        re: It's just for a freehand doodler to divide a circle in eight segments than ten. Try it. - SDG - 6/20/2008 4:59:27 AM
        
        Finally, proof that SDG is an alien!!! (n/t) - ARRELL - 6/20/2008 5:42:15 PM
        
        ....OR.... he is really Charlie Epps... (n/t) - Jody - 6/21/2008 3:00:41 AM
        
        Just overhearing that show can nearly give me a stroke.... - ARRELL - 6/24/2008 12:05:52 AM
        
        Who the hell is Charlie Epps? (n/t) - TB - 6/24/2008 3:28:46 PM
        
        Character on the show 'Numb3rs' - ARRELL - 6/24/2008 4:04:54 PM
        
        You're looking for good science off a TV show??! - TB - 6/24/2008 4:30:14 PM
        
        Nope, but bad science in TV shows has real world implications... - ARRELL - 6/25/2008 12:12:42 PM
        
        Yet on the other hand... - Mary Anne - 6/25/2008 11:25:15 PM
        
        I did not realize this..and I retract that comment. - Jody - 6/24/2008 1:41:13 PM
        
        Had my suspicions... - McFly - 6/20/2008 6:14:40 PM
        
        Why in the world would a doodler convert it to base 8? (n/t) - TB - 6/20/2008 4:21:01 PM
        
        Oh, wait... - TB - 6/20/2008 4:23:28 PM
        
        exactly - SDG - 6/20/2008 4:46:18 PM
        
        more pi art - SDG - 6/20/2008 2:36:10 PM
        
        re: more pi art - Lindy - 6/20/2008 5:34:17 PM
    - Humans? - Lindy - 6/20/2008 1:33:25 AM
      - math as art - SDG - 6/20/2008 2:16:16 PM
        
        re: math as art - Lindy - 6/20/2008 5:35:51 PM
        
        Bases - ER - 6/20/2008 5:58:43 PM
        
        And when Celtic and Babylonian cultures collide - Tony - 6/23/2008 6:33:37 PM
        
        at HM Dockyard, Rosyth - ER - 6/23/2008 8:38:33 PM
        
        re: Bases - Lindy - 6/20/2008 6:23:49 PM
        
        All your bases are belong to us - SDG - 6/20/2008 6:07:27 PM
    - Woudl aliens have 10 fingers and toes? Or even fingers and toes? - Socrates II - 6/19/2008 7:58:09 PM
- Why do you suppose they are getting more complex? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/19/2008 8:33:27 AM
  - re: Why do you suppose they are getting more complex? - Lindy - 6/20/2008 1:40:44 AM
    - There's a much simpler explanation. - alcaray - 6/20/2008 6:01:38 PM
      - re: There's a much simpler explanation. - Lindy - 6/20/2008 6:26:46 PM
        
        "there's never been a "half-finished" circle done out there, either" - ARRELL - 6/22/2008 10:09:03 PM
        
        I think you just waived the right to use the "you have a closed mind" argument that you like. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/20/2008 9:24:59 PM
    - The Pioneer Plaques, the Voyager Records, and the Arecibo Message - Socrates II - 6/20/2008 2:51:58 PM
      - re: The Pioneer Plaques, the Voyager Records, and the Arecibo Message - Lindy - 6/20/2008 5:45:41 PM
        
        Yes, and... - Socrates II - 6/23/2008 1:40:40 PM
  - Not complex, just irrational. - ER - 6/19/2008 6:42:58 PM
  - They're just getting better at making them. - ER - 6/19/2008 1:57:29 PM
    - The "you" was Lindy. I think this is a potential learning experience for her. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/19/2008 7:17:03 PM
      - Please explain what you mean by that Alcaray. (n/t) - Lindy - 6/20/2008 1:42:34 AM
        
        I mean I would like you to speculate on why they would become more complex over time. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/20/2008 2:20:32 AM
        
        See above - Lindy - 6/20/2008 11:25:17 AM
        
        Oy vey!. (n/t) - ER - 6/20/2008 5:38:47 PM
        
        Did you look at the thumbnails at the bottom of the page? - Lindy - 6/20/2008 5:57:15 PM
        
        Two Weeks ago in France - Lindy - 6/21/2008 2:53:31 AM
    - Holy Crop!...I don't think so! (n/t) - Jody - 6/19/2008 4:49:07 PM

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