<HTML>Anthony wrote:
>
> In the King's chamber, for example, there is clearly a
> 2:1 ratio on the floor. Correct me if I'm wrong, but ANYTIME
> you draw a 2:1 rectangle, you are going to get Phi.
>
> Right?
>
> Why would a 2:1 imply Phi? It really only implies the most
> simple of geometric shapes... two squares.
>
> And how come, when looking at a geometric shape, we are
> surpised to find geometry in it?
>
> You are seeing the numbers as a cause for the pyramid, I
> think. The truth may be the pyramid has been the cause for
> the numbers. "Cart before the horse" logic.
>
> For example, I have a shoebox in my closet. It's dimensions
> are six inches by twelve inches by seven inches. This is a
> function of the size of the shoes. Yet, you can easily find
> Phi, or Pi, or whatever you want, just by playing with those
> numbers.
>
> Why?
>
> Because it is a simple geometric shape. These simple shapes
> are the BASES for these number (Pi, Phi, etc). Naturally,
> you are going to find them inherent in ANY simple geometric
> shape.
>
> I hope I've made sense here. It's tough to turn off one
> logic thread and switch completely to another.
>
> Anthony
Spot on Anthony.
Looking at my dinner plate - the ratio of the circumference is pi times the radius. I don't need to know this relationship to make a dinner plate. All I need to be able to do is to make the plate sufficently accurately so that it is not lopsided and is nice and circular. After all, who would want a lopsided dinner plate?
Though a little side-plate-extension would be quite handy for side orders of mushrooms or garlic bread....
I can thus envisage the scenario that sometime in the future, someone might come along, dig up one of my dinner plates and say - "look, this lot knew about pi - these plates show quite clearly that those ancient garlic bread and mushroom eaters knew all along about pi - look the at cirumference of the plate compared to the diameter!"
Okay...so it's a bit of comic hyperbole, but I agree with Anthony here.
Best Regards,
Dave</HTML>
