Comment by Xmd5a

Some comments I wrote a while back:

https://brill.com/view/journals/acar/83/1/article-p278_208.x... albeit in a different fashion. + it was used to square the circle on top of the same remarkable approximation of phi as

    5/6π - 1

which preserves the algebraic property that defines phi

    phi^2 = phi + 1

But only for 0.2:

    0.2 * pseudo-phi^2 = 0.2 * (pseudo-phi + 1) = π/6

My take is that "conspiracy theories" about the origin of the meter predate the definition of the meter. You don't need to invoke a glorious altantean past to explain this, just a long series of coincidentalists puzzling over each other throughout time. It's something difficult to do, even on HN, where people don't want to see that indeed g ~= π^2 and it isn't a matter of coincidence. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41208988

I'm depressed. I tried to sleep as long a possible, because when I woke up, within 3 seconds, I was back in hell. I want it to end, seriously, I can't stand it anymore.