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Sandy is mathematical! (i.imgur.com)

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[–]mamadrood 51 points52 points ago

This is Irene...

[–]dmwit 5 points6 points ago

...and, like many other supposed "golden spirals in nature", it's not mathematical.

[–]stedanko09 17 points18 points ago

Isn't it all mathematical though? I mean, every phenomenon seems like it could be put in to mathematical terms. So doing so and acting surprised when it happens is a little odd to me

[–]dmwit 10 points11 points ago

Of course; my language was merely imprecise. I was trying to say that this hurricane wasn't actually a golden spiral, not that there was no connection between nature and math.

[–]Womec 0 points1 point ago

Well technically there is no connection between nature and math. Math is just a model that works.

[–]mrhhug 34 points35 points ago

facepalm I honestly have no idea where to start.....

Math is a way of writing down the things we see in nature. We see lengths distances size density time, we see many many things. Math is the way we use to make predictions and measure the things we already have. Our math is inherently based on the laws of physics we observe.

So quite opposite; math is all nature.

[–]qovneob 6 points7 points ago

One might say that math was discovered, rather than invented.

[–]mrhhug 1 point2 points ago

yes, discovered / proved. we usually give credit to the men who prove the mathematics.

[–]peck112 -1 points0 points ago

Yaaay! Upvote for you!

[–]BrainInAJar 4 points5 points ago

it is mathematical, it is a logarithmic spiral, but it's not that logarithmic spiral.

Look at the top left quadrant and the right half. It's pretty obviously tighter than the overlaid golden spiral

[–]math-geek 0 points1 point ago

That's because the leading edge of the storm is being compressed by another air mass along its direction of movement.

[–]BrainInAJar 1 point2 points ago

doesn't really matter why it's not a perfect golden spiral, most things in nature that people think are *are not*. Logarithmic spiral != golden spiral.

[–]deepcube 2 points3 points ago

Many years ago Donald Duck took us on a wondrous journey through Mathemagic Land.

And we were lied to.

[–]ClearGummyBear 1 point2 points ago

Feels bad, man.

[–]fing3roperation 29 points30 points ago

everything is.

[–]AbandonedLogic 6 points7 points ago

Well.. Yeah..

[–]biga29 0 points1 point ago

fitting username.

[–]Buck_Futthole 3 points4 points ago

You should check out The Fractal Geometry of Nature: Benoit B. Mandelbrot

[–]magicalstretchydog 12 points13 points ago

The B. stands for Benoit B. Mandelbrot (hehehe maths joke hehehe)

[–]Sin0p 5 points6 points ago

Benoit BALLS.

[–]ebuje 2 points3 points ago

archer reference- I approve wholeheartedly.

[–]MalcolmReynoldsWrap 1 point2 points ago

As a programmer, your revelation makes me cringe.

[–]SauceOnTheBrain 3 points4 points ago

Yeah, no recursive acronyms in our field. None.

[–]MalcolmReynoldsWrap -3 points-2 points ago

BenoitBMandelbrot ohShit = new BenoitBMandelbrot();

I wonder what that constructor would actually look like...

[–]SauceOnTheBrain 0 points1 point ago

no javas for you

[–]MalcolmReynoldsWrap 0 points1 point ago

That hurts to look at...

[–]Buck_Futthole 0 points1 point ago

RIP Mandelbro

[–]andycandu 4 points5 points ago

Thanks Buck_Futthole, I think I will.

[–]Bruneti12 2 points3 points ago

Wrong hurricane dude, this is Sandy.

[–]AlternNocturn 3 points4 points ago

Obviously it is. You're mathematical. I'm mathematical. Everything you used to post this on Reddit is mathematical. The very fact the universe exists is mathematical. You poop math, eat math, smell, taste, touch, and experience math every day.

[–]do_you_hate_me 1 point2 points ago

That is true. I shat a fractal this morning.

[–]TheWorstBro 2 points3 points ago

Algebraic!!

[–]VelvetJ0nez 5 points6 points ago

http://images.wikia.com/creepypasta/images/3/38/Adventure-time-with-finn-and-jake.jpg

[–]Andocides 3 points4 points ago

As are so many other things in nature, rather fantastic actually.

[–]dmwit 4 points5 points ago

I call flim-flam.

[–]Angeldust01 -5 points-4 points ago

yeah, quite a lot of things in nature follow fibonacci sequence.

https://www.google.fi/search?q=fibonacci+nature

[–]TylerSTylerS 2 points3 points ago

11:15, restate my assumptions: 1. Mathematics is the language of nature.

[–]M2Ys4U 2 points3 points ago

2. Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers.

[–]lmaocoaster 0 points1 point ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aulRoQTK5HY&feature=related

[–]jamie_byron_dean -1 points0 points ago

Is this from something?

[–]Archaeopteris 2 points3 points ago

The movie Pi. It's pretty good.

[–]do_you_hate_me 0 points1 point ago

I like oreo pi.

[–]another-social-freak 0 points1 point ago

She's beutiful

[–]turd_miner91 1 point2 points ago

All I can think of is the movie Pi.

[–]mknutso 0 points1 point ago

It is a low pressure system which means when it spins it spins counter clockwise. Just thought I would throw that in there!

[–]drc016 0 points1 point ago

THE PERFECT STORM!!!!!

[–]MadTwit 1 point2 points ago

For everyone going on about Fibonacci and everyone correcting them ViHart has a good 3 part series on common spiral patterns here.

edit: now I have rewatched these, yeah they arn't very relevent but still interesting.

[–]IamlegendAMA 0 points1 point ago

It's clearly not following the lines

[–]archonemis 0 points1 point ago

Phi, motherfucker.

[–]The_Yage 0 points1 point ago

So you discover in 2012 that hurricanes follow the golden spiral construction like galaxies do, sunflowers, mollusk shell... Are you republican?

[–]jibjaba 0 points1 point ago

Maybe those mathematicians and scientists know something after all.

[–]goofoffering 0 points1 point ago

Isn't everything mathematical.

[–]MrOneironaut 0 points1 point ago

Algebraic!

[–]havlavcgb 0 points1 point ago

Dat Fibonacci

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[–]bargle0 2 points3 points ago

No.

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[–]Clawtooth 1 point2 points ago

FTFY

[–]vamub -3 points-2 points ago

Maybe then we should start giving them mens names?

[–]EnjoyMyDownvote -2 points-1 points ago

stretch

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