Golden Ratio

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Post by alianinfo » Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 8:46 PM UTC

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Post by shkkmo » Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 9:36 PM UTC

The coolest thing I learned recently is that you can create a isocahedron by connecting the vertices of three perpendicular golden rectangles.

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Post by qrbLPHiKpiux » Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 9:40 PM UTC

Dentist here. I use it all the time, front teeth proportions, size, etc when reconstructing them.

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Post by endorphone » Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 9:51 PM UTC

"Golden Ratio is a natural ratio found everywhere. From flowers to shells, from our fingers to the galaxy, this mathematical ratio makes all forms look visually balanced and gratifying."

Both of those claims have been broadly debunked, and the so-called golden ratio is grossly oversold.

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Post by andrewljohnson » Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 9:55 PM UTC

Not content-related but... I dislike the inertial scrolling on this page. Something about inertial scrolling with a mousewheel feels off. Maybe it's because mousewheels have discrete ticks that I subconsciously use, that get broken by the inertial paradigm?

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Post by hnarayanan » Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 10:02 PM UTC

While the Golden Ratio is really popular, there are many other ratios that are aesthetically pleasing for different scenarios. I’ve tried to visualise some of them: https://github.com/hnarayanan/orthogons/blob/master/README.m...

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Post by tsar_nikolai » Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 10:02 PM UTC

I love this because it is both bullshit and awesome. Like many things thats either a rule-of-thumb or subjective, it has been studied thoroughly, confirmed, debunked, and applied succesfully many times.

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Post by jobigoud » Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 10:09 PM UTC

shkkmo wrote: post #2

The coolest thing I learned recently is that you can create a isocahedron by connecting the vertices of three perpendicular golden rectangles.

It's icosahedron :-)

This relation is seen in the coordinates of the vertices of the solid: all permutations of (0, ±1, ±golden ratio).

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Post by std_throwaway » Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 10:23 PM UTC

The golden ratio is the most irrational number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaasbfdJdJg

This is why it creates some distinctive patterns when applied to circular/spiral shapes.

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Post by bigbaguette » Sat, Aug 31, 2019, 10:27 PM UTC

qrbLPHiKpiux wrote: post #3

Dentist here. I use it all the time, front teeth proportions, size, etc when reconstructing them.

The artistic aspect of dentistry is often underestimated