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Harper Perennial
If you like this, you may enjoy this book that explains how to do these and several other constructions.
The builders 3/4/5 (pythagorean theorem).
Take anything you are trying to build that needs a 90 degree angle. Measure one leg of the 90 in a multiple of 3 (whatever you want, inches, feet, etc), the second leg as a multiple of 4. Now measure the distance between the end of both legs, it should be a multiple of 5.
Easiest way to square up a foundation wall or sill plate of a house you are framing, a cabinet you are building, etc. If you already have 4 sides, measure the two diagonals (X) and you should have an identical measurement if they are square. If one is longer than the other, rack the box until they are equal, then you have a 4 90 degree angles.
Probably less than 5 minutes to learn.
Ohh and if you really want to get into some fun, get a compass, straight edge and sharp pencil. Learn the basic geometric progression of sacred geometry from 1-10, then start seeing the geometric structure in all living things.
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> Here is the thing permaculture is a bullshit made up thing.
No, it isn't.
> It doesn't have a consistent definition from one person to another.
Yes, it does. Permaculture is a group of techniques that collectively allow terraforming, which takes into account systems theory, and heterodox forms of geometry, hydrology, zoology and botany. We're the guys who tried to get a liberal sciences degree at university, and got kicked out either for paying too little attention, smoking too much weed, calling our professor an idiot and being able to prove it, or all of the above. Being a renegade is fun.
Most people don't know how to enunciate that clearly; especially considering that your average Permaculturist is an extremely right-brained hippie. I'm a left-brained hippie on the other hand, so for me, linear activities like sentence construction come more naturally.
Check out this list. It includes most if not all books mentioned here.
From more to less advanced, generally:
A Mathematical Gift, II
A Mathematical Gift, III: The Interplay Between Topology, Functions, Geometry, and Algebra (Mathematical World) (v. 3)
Note the first three volumes are cheaper as a set.
Intuitive Topology (Mathematical World, Vol 4)
Groups and Symmetry: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics (Mathematical World, Vol. 5)
Knots and Surfaces: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics (Mathematical World, Vol. 6)
and 5 activity books in the same style
I think you should buy this Book " A Beginners Guide to Constructing the Universe"
https://www.amazon.com/Beginners-Guide-Constructing-Universe-Mathematical/dp/0060926716
A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe :)
i'm not a scientist, but i like math. i would recommend reading the beginner's guide to constructing the universe, metamagical themas, and at least breeze through the dialogs in godel, escher, bach.
there's so much awesome to numbers, it's ridiculous. i think the first one is the coolest overview of just numbers, but the second is a collection of douglas hofstadter's mathematics article, plus expansion on the theme in his book. i read through the dialogs in godel, escher, bach when i was 8 or 9, and they're good parables on numbers and logic.
though you don't have to love math to be a scientist, i think these books will enhance your relationship with the math you do have to do.
Thank you! There is a lot of Enneagram info out on the web relating to personality types. This calendar doesn't follow such a system. Originally, I don't think it was used for personality types...
The idea from this came from a beauty of a book called "The Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe" by Michael S. Schneider (https://www.amazon.ca/Beginners-Guide-Constructing-Universe-Mathematical/dp/0060926716)
In there he mentions how it lines up with seasons of farming / harvest, and uses it to show how useful it can be to break down any whole event (in his example he uses a kitchen's process of serving food). I would highly recommend the book as it's very entertaining and changes your everyday perspective on numbers around you.
Other than that, Georges i Gurdjieff, brought the idea to the west. He's in my list of stuff to read soon ;)
Dry erase is meant to be put on the plastic / glass pane on the frame, NOT the actual print. Can you let me know if that wasn't clear? May need to add a note before some people blemish their poster haha
I just started "A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science." Not far into it, but pretty excited to dig in.
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>I wonder, have you tried using the flower of life (or maybe the seed of life) geometric design to visualize your thoughts? It seems like a natural fit. Are there parallels in your theory to thoughts from the schools of sacred geometry?
Sacred geometry is a really interesting topic. I do touch on it a little in the ratiocinator video I am making. A Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe was one of my favorite books when I was a kid.
>I appreciate the academic approach and wouldn’t want you to get lost in the artistry, but I do feel a few crisp visual aids might go a long way to convey your idea.
You are not the first, second, or third person to say this to me lol. I am intentionally not having visual aids, but I am going to make a video that discusses different ways of representing the model after I get the last two main videos done (ratiocinators and instantiation).
>About the model itself, are the tesselations of ratiocination of domains presented arguably the complete list, or are they more like examples of categorically shared attributes? Where does electromagnetism fall?
Ratiocinator tessellations (fabric, particle, chemical, amalgam, telluric, celestial, stellar, galactic, cosmic) are the shared scales / building blocks that take on different character depending on what ratiocinator(s) you use to make sense of them. If you look only through apparatus ratiocination, the universe looks like organicism, if you look only through the matter ratiocinator, the universe looks materialist.
About the completeness of the list of tessellations – it is maybe not a complete list, just covers the scales of the universe that our species is currently is aware of.
About electromagnetism, it would be an instantiation domain within material dynamic particle.
>If Life is a qualitative fractal, what does the imaginary quantity of the equation represent?
I suspect that architectonic models in general are attempts to draw a big circle around our total human capacity to know and do things, and are therefore schema ratiocinator instantiations, and the act of converting it into math is a recursive application of applying the form ratiocinator to measure it.
>As far as I know this effort has stalled, though not just for a lack of convenient way to organize the data. Please consider making your software an open source platform to ensure its availability to all as we move forward!
Yes, it has definitely stalled. In terms of models, Ken Wilber has one called Integral theory, but the problem is that it is religious, and you kinda have to adhere to its religious notions if you are going to use it. I very intentionally took a lexiconic approach for this reason. There needs to be a model anyone can use no matter what their beliefs are.
I hear a lot of arguments why software based on this should or should not be open source. I lean towards open source.