Comment by lutusp
1 year ago
Another "wonderful coincidence" is that the conversion between miles and kilometers involves this constant of conversion : kilometers = miles * 1.609344. Let's call 1.609344 the "km" constant.
As it happens, km is very close the the Golden Ratio (sqrt(5)+1)/2 = 1.618033989... (call this "gr"). In fact they only differ by about 1/2 of one percent (100 * (gr/km - 1) = 0.54%)! As the author of the original article says, "If you express this value in any other units, the magic immediately disappears. So, this is no coincidence ...". Yeah ... wait, what?
Here's another one. Pi (3.141592654...) is nearly equal to 4 / sqrt(gr) (3.144605511...), call the latter number "ap" for "almost pi". This connects pi to the golden ratio, and they differ by only 0.096% (100 * (pi/ap - 1)). Surely this means something -- doesn't it?
Finally, my favorite: 111111111^2 = 12345678987654321. This proves that ... umm ... wait ...
Do miles connect to feet and feet vs. gravity connect to the Golden ratio? 6 feet is like 2 pi?
Not sure, but I am indeed often connected to the earth via gravity by my feet.
Me too.
A year is very close to pi * 1e7 seconds, better than half a percent.
ln(5) ~ 1.6094379 is much closer, differing by about half of a percent of a percent.
The best is sum(1, 36)