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October 28, 2011

 

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God and the Art of Toy and Diecast Marketing
Finding God in Numbers
By Lu Su

I know it's taken me too long to finish this three part series on Finding God in Numbers: Intro, part 1, and now the conclusion. I didn't realize that when my wife and I signed up three of our kids up to play competitive school sports, that we were committing to a full time job. Actually if you count the total hours, it's probably more than a full time job for one person. The taxi service to and from practices and games, waiting around, the laundry loads, and the constant new questions that would come up. Why can't they play a local team? Why do they have to play a team that is 2 hour drive away? I have to wake up a 7:00am to get my boy to school so he can take a bus to another town so he can get weighed? Have scales been banned in our town? Isn't it easier to move one single scale to our town than bus the entire football team? I have to work the snack bar at games? I have to attend a dinner fundraiser? I have to go stand on the corner, hold up a sign and beg for money? So those are the annoying parents that cause those traffic jams.

We were on the subject of numbers. Carl Sagan, who played host to the PBS series Cosmos (A long, long time ago) was also the author of the book called Contact. From Carl's lectures and writing, I do not believe he believed in God. But in his fictional book Contact, he concluded that a stream of prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7,11, 13,17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89 97, 101 transmitted repeated over and over again from the Vega star system on the radio frequency 4.4623 GHz would represent intelligence; But more importantly, an outside intelligence. Question. For it to be intelligent, does it have to be prime numbers? Does the signal have to come from the Vega system?

So in the past two articles, we started looking at different stream of intelligently generated numbers:

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765......

Like the many laws that govern our universe, this stream of numbers is easy to create. You simple add two adjacent numbers together to get the next number. A 5th grader can even do it. I believe for most of us, we were exposed to this series of numbers either high school or college, but it was just briefly touch upon with no explanation given to why? For those of you who have good memories, the above sequence of numbers is called the Fibonacci sequence. For most of us, when we were less gray, all we got on the Fibonacci sequence is that certain flowers coincidentally exhibit the sequence in their pedals. That's about all I got on it in my youth.

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One (1) pedal white calla lily
two (2) pedal euphorbia
three (3) pedal trillium
five (5) pedal columbine
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eight (8) pedal bloodroot
thirteen (13) pedal black-eyed susan
twenty-one (21) shasta daisy
thirty-four (34) pedal field daisy
http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/fibslide/jbfibslide.htm


The first ten numbers in the Fibonacci sequence are 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34. Why would so many flower exhibit the Fibonacci sequence in their pedals? Why don't they follow the prime number sequence or some other sequence? Why this particular sequence?. At this point there are two plausible answers. It's either by design or it is by coincidence Now before you think that the number is just restricted to the pedals on flowers, it's not.

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When one observes the heads of sunflowers, there are two obvious sets of curves; one set spirals to the right and the other spirals to the left. What is interesting is that the number of spirals to the right will not equal the number of spirals to the left. But the numbers of spirals either by design or by coincidence happen to be numbers in the Fibonacci sequence. So for instance when you count the spirals of a typical sunflower, the numbers are generally either 21 and 34, 34 and 55, 55 and 89, or 89 and 144. The same for pinecones and pinapples.Why is the number of diagonals of a pineapple also 8 in one direction and 13 in the other?

Before we look at more things that either by design or by coincidence exhibit the Fibonacci sequence, a quick blurb on who Fibonacci is in order.

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Fibonacci, the MAN

His real name was actually Leonardo Pisano Bogollo. Fibonacci was his nickname, which means "Son of Bonacci". Fibonacci was born on 1170 and lived until 1250 in Italy. I think mainly because there was no well known name given to these sequence of numbers and it's just human nature to name things, Fibonacci really lucked out. I think it's fair to say that the series has been in existence before man walked on Earth. So Fibonacci did not invent the series, he only observed it and wrote about it in one of his books. But from then on, he gets his name attached to the series. Wow, just talk about a series of numbers and you can get your name attached to it?

Well then,............. I have made the observation while living in the early part of the 21st century with growing kids and government spending, the number of dollars in my pocket also exhibits the Fibonacci sequence, but in reverse ( 55, 34, 21, 13, 8, 5, 3, 2.....0). So if there is no name associated with this series of numbers, I would like to call it The Lu's Wallet series.

As interesting as the Fibonacci series may be, I think the greatest contribution he made was that he encouraged Europe to dump the Roman numeral system of numbers (i.e. I, II, III, IV, V, XXII) and adopt the Hindu-Arabic Numeral system (i.e. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9). I think most people would agree that if you have two rows of numbers to add up, it's far more difficult in adding it up via Roman numerals. This reminds me of the metric system. If it's superior, it's going to be adopted right? I remember teachers teaching me about 35 years ago how superior the metric system is to our system of inches, feet, yards, and miles. And that our method of measure will be a thing of the past in "probably within the next few years". Well, I can say that we Americans are slow to adopt "superior" things.

Well, if Fibonacci actually wasn't the first man to discover the Fibonacci series who did? That is a tough question. This question is probably even more difficult to answer than the question on who financed the building of the pyramids? I find the speculative answer by comedian Steven Wright hilarious. "His name was Eddie."

Maybe the very first person to actually discover the series was named Eddie too, we'll probably will never know; but one thing we do know is that the Greeks probably knew about this series long before Fibonacci. Furthermore, they also knew that if you divided any number in the series by the previous number, that number produced something beautiful. The Greeks even gave this beautiful number (a constant) a name "Phi" or symbolically "φ". The Greeks were great builders. And this Phi provided this ratio that formed what they called a Golden Rectangle. Phi was actually the name of a a Greek sculptor, who is believed to have used the golden ratio to proportion his art.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fibonacci-sequence.html

Golden Ratio

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Fibonacci series: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765, 10946, 17711, 28657, 46368

And here is a surprise. If you take any two successive (one after the other) Fibonacci Numbers, their ratio is very close to the Golden Ratio "φ" which is approximately 1.618034...

In fact, the bigger the pair of Fibonacci Numbers, the closer you get to this constant. So, let A be any number in the above series and B is the number right after it. Look what happens when you divide A into B.

A
B
 
B / A
2
3
  1.5
3
5
  1.666666666...
5
8
  1.6
8
13
  1.625
...
...
  ...
144
233
  1.618055556...
233
377
  1.618025751...
... ...   ...
4181 6765   1.618033963...
...
...
  ...
28657 46368   1.618033988...
...
...
  ...

So, if we wanted to make a Golden Rectangle and we knew one side of the rectangle was say, 19 inches long, we can then figure out what the length of the other side of the rectangle simply by multiplying it by 1.618034 (i.e. by Phi). But that would be pain, especially if you don't have a calculator or haven't adopted the Hindu-Arabic Numeral system. But there is another way. And you really don't have to be good in math.

golden rectrangle construction

Construction of a Golden Rectangle without math can be done and it is simple. You don't even need to understand numbers, have electricity, or have a radio telescope tuned into the frequency 4.4623 GHz. All you need is a piece of string, an arm, your foot, or any object that can consistently measure out a distance.

1. Create a square of any size like what is drawn in red above.
2. Find it's mid point and make a dot there.
3. Draw a line from that dot to the corner of the square. That distance will be the radius of a circle. For those of you who like numbers, that radius happens to be the square root of 5 divided by 2.
4. Now notice if you make an arc for that circle, it will hit the other corner of the square and at the very top of the arc of the circle will define the appropriate length we need for a "golden" rectangle.

Now I find this interesting. Carl Sagan postulated in his book Contact that intelligent beings would discover Pi = 3.141592654 (Greek letter π). He also concluded that this number expresses universal intelligence and that an intelligent being(s) from outside our known universe would use this number in communicating with us. The construction of a golden rectangle requires the use of a circle. And most of us, no matter how bad your math was, do remember that Pi has something to do with circles.

It is as if this very intelligent designer/communicator knew that some of us would like math and some of us would not. So we seem to have been given this option. You can understand that Pi can factor into calculation of a golden rectangle, but it is not a requirement for you to understand Pi in order to construct or recognize a golden rectangle. However in movie Contact, in order for you to be tuned into the correct frequency this intelligent being was broadcasting on, it was a requirement that you understand two constants Pi and the hydrogen line frequency, multiply them together, have electricity, have elaborate equipment to detect that electro magnetic frequency, and have even more elaborate equipment to translate it to pulses that you can either hear or see. Pretty steep requirements in order to observe this outside intelligence!

What would seem more simple, is if you could picture these numbers as squares. Now, as you know, the Greeks were really into architecture and sculpting. Here is something interesting you can do with the Fibonacci numbers. You can build with them. Picture if you can each number in the series as squares.

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Now look how you can use the numbers of the Fibonacci series (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, .....) to construct golden rectangles. Look at the above diagram. Can you see the golden rectangles that are created each time the number in the series is added to the structure? What is interesting is that you can continue to do this forever. The next number in the Fibonacci series is 13. See how you could draw a square of length and width 13 and stack it right on top? The next number in the series is 21; see how that could be placed next to the above structure and fit perfectly? In building construction, I've noticed the difference between a good mason or carpenter from an amateur is that the ones with talented can build or frame square walls. Me on the other hand, you probably wouldn't want to live on the 21st floor of a house I framed or a foundation I poured..

The Greeks actually believed this ratio was divine in nature. It is speculated that the Greeks incorporated this Golden Rectangle into their architecture design.

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So quick review. The Fibonacci series might be considered more intelligent than the prime number series. This is because 1) a constant 1.61803 is produced from it and 2) these numbers can be used to build squares and when put together form these golden rectangles. The third thing you can do is connect all the corners of all these squares with a single line. This forms what is called the golden spiral.

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http://www.vincentmounier.com/blog2/2008/11/of-photography-and-mathematics/

Each year, we humans keep finding more occurrences of objects that contain Fibonacci numbers, golden rectangles, and golden spirals. Here are a handful of objects that we have found so far:

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http://www.fabiovisentin.com/blog/45.ashx

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http://mathforum.org/mathimages/index.php/Fibonacci_Numbers

 

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http://www.shallowsky.com/blog/science/fibonautilus.html

 

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http://fibonacci-series/post/2514924971/pine-cone-spirals

 

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http://littleguyintheeye.wordpress.com/tag/dna-fibonacci-sequence/

 

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http://goldennumber.net/hand.htm

 

Each section of your index finger, from the tip to the base of the wrist, is larger than the preceding one by about the Fibonacci ratio of 1.618, also fitting the Fibonacci numbers 2, 3, 5 and 8.

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The ratio of the forearm to hand is Phi

Your hand creates a golden section in relation to your arm, as the ratio of your forearm to your hand is also 1.618, the Divine Proportion.

 

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The DNA molecule, the program for all life, is based on the golden section.  It measures 34 angstroms long by 21 angstroms wide for each full cycle of its double helix spiral.

34 and 21, of course, are numbers in the Fibonacci series and their ratio, 1.6190476 closely approximates phi, 1.6180339.

http://goldennumber.net/dna.htm

 

And very recently, this little storm called Hurricane Irene spiraled its way to the East Coast.

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http://vishal12.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/fibonacci-spiral/

But in the movie Contact, the assumption was that the transmission of an intelligent series of numbers had to come from OUTSIDE our solar system. Is it your conclusion if the series of intelligent numbers were constantly being transmitted from within our solar system, then it doesn't count as intelligence? Wouldn't this be a better way for people to observe an intelligent stream of numbers? No electricity, radio telescopes, or head phones required. But, I think this intelligent being wanted to rule out that inside/outside exception thinking. Here are images that come from outside our solar system.

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http://www.jessicacrabtree.com/journal1/tag/patterns

 

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http://mathforum.org/mathimages/index.php/Fibonacci_Numbers

Note that you don't need electricity and fancy equipment to detect this intelligent series of numbers. This galaxy called M51 can be seen with a pair of binoculars on a clear night. Even people who lived several centuries ago, had the ability to observe this.

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Find the Dipper. From the last star on the handle, look almost directly East to find the next brightest star.

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From that star look South to find a cluster of 4 stars. The faint one in the Southeast corner isn't actually a star. It's a galaxy that is so far away that it looks like a single point of light (like a star).

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But it's actually a galaxy.

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It's not an absolute requirement that the stream of intelligent numbers has to come from the Vega system right? This galaxy is visible with binoculars in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It is 23 million light years distant and is one of the brightest and most picturesque galaxies on the sky.

http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680/Simmons/Essay1/6690ProjectFibonacciF.htm

 

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Here is a photo of a hurricane Isabel and galaxy M51. One is slightly larger than the other. But notice anything in common?.

Credit: image copyright Brian Lula ; Hurricane Isabel, courtesy GHCC, NASA

We keep finding more and more objects that exhibit the Fibonacci series. There are actually web sites dedicated to this. So we can conclude that a stream of prime numbers being transmitted on a frequency that neither you or I can naturally see or hear is intelligent, but the stream of Fibonacci numbers being transmitted in flowers, pinecones, raw materials for pina coldas, sea shells, man, weather patterns, and galaxies that we can see, touch and feel is NOT intelligent?

I know for people that do not believe in God, their reaction will be is to give an explanation that this is all just "natural". So in the movie Contact, one single occurrence is sufficient for proof of intelligence, but when presented with several instance of a reoccurring stream of intelligent numbers, then it's not intelligent?

Just saying that it's natural (i.e. it comes from nature) is NOT an explanation of why it behaves that way. Is our universe and world intelligently designed or not? What seems "natural" to me is entropy (death). But all of the above are examples of life. I think it's a very reasonable question to ask, who put it in nature?

For the skeptic, who prefers not to deal with such a profound question, then a more simple one. Why would your DNA share something in common with a sunflower? Or another question I asked long ago, why does a woman's menstruation cycle pattern after the moon's cycle? I feel that a very reasonable explanation for all these "coincidences" is that a single intelligent designer was involved. For me it's God. And more specifically, Jesus Christ.

 

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. -John 1:3

Okay, I've presented some interesting information on the Fibonacci series. I've shown some interesting pictures. But what is the link that the God of the Bible is the same intelligent designer of flowers, humans, and galaxies? The God of the Bible didn't tell man to build many things. But let's look at the few things God did tell man to make, check out the passages in the Bible, and their measurements that God provided.

 

Noah's Ark uses a Golden Rectangle

Noah's ark

God commands Noah to build an ark saying,

"And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits." -Genesis 6:15

Thus the end of the ark, at 50 by 30 cubits, is also in the ratio of 5 to 3, or 1.666..., again a close approximation of phi not visibly different to the naked eye.  Noah's ark was built in the same proportion as ten arks of the covenant placed side by side.

 

The Ark of the Covenant is a Golden Rectangle

Ark of the Covenant is based on Fibonacci numbers, which converge on phi, the golden ratio

God commands Moses to build the Ark of the Covenant, in which to hold His Covenant with the Israelites, the Ten Commandments, saying,

"Have them make a chest of acacia wood-
two and a half cubits long,
a cubit and a half wide,
and a cubit and a half high." -Exodus 25:10

The ratio of 2.5 to 1.5 is 1.666..., which is as close to phi (1.618 ...) as you can come with such simple numbers and is certainly not visibly different to the eye.  Again man was given instruction from God to construct something that Indian Jones would later search for, but by coincidence it has the ratio of a golden rectangle?

 

The Alter is a Golden Rectangle

alter for burnt offerings

God commands Moses to build an alter. Again it is based on a variation of the same 5 by 3 theme:

"Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide."

- Exodus 27:1-2
 
The ratio of 5 to 3 is 1.666..., which is very close to phi (1.618 ...).

 

I thought I would throw this in. There isn't evidence to support this, and it's just a theory, but after the Jews departed Egypt and camped in the dessert, this is how God gave specific instruction on how all the tribes of Israel were to make camp around the mobile tabernacle. It is theorized that the entire encampment formed a golden rectangle.

jewish tribes of isreal

http://littleguyintheeye.wordpress.com/tag/dna-fibonacci-sequence/

So what does our DNA, Noah's ark, Ark of the Covenant, and the Altar have in common? Answer: The preservation of Man, the Golden Rectangle, and the same intelligent designer God.

 

 

 

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