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I have to take my hat off to this guy at the Times of London. The British press recently played a story about how various ancient sites were linked up in uncanny triangular formations - well, it turns out that the same chilling patterns are found in other ancient monuments as well. Read and be enlightened.
I got deja vu reading the article. It reminded me of the modelers choosing from among thousands of molecular parameters to find trends in the biological data.
6. Silverstein on January 8, 2010 8:26 PM writes...
"It is mathematically known that if you have a sufficiently large set of random data, you can find any pattern that you want with any given level of accuracy."
Might this be considered kindred or corollary to John P. A. Ioannidis' 2005 PloS Medicine article "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False?"
Easy target here. It should not take a mathematician to prove aliens didn't visit ancient sites or Woolworth's when we all know they prefer Walmart parking lots in the American deep south. They must be afraid of teeth...then again, maybe the Brit thing is real....
1. chris on January 8, 2010 1:49 PM writes...
Brilliant article!
Permalink to Comment2. Sili on January 8, 2010 1:49 PM writes...
Awesome! I have to shamefully admit that I've been fond of 'sacred geometry' and that sorta stuff. Just never had the cleverness to test it.
Permalink to Comment3. Steve on January 8, 2010 3:25 PM writes...
Brilliant, as the Brits would say.
Permalink to Comment4. Philip on January 8, 2010 3:27 PM writes...
I got deja vu reading the article. It reminded me of the modelers choosing from among thousands of molecular parameters to find trends in the biological data.
Permalink to Comment5. HelicalZz on January 8, 2010 3:32 PM writes...
Always be skeptical of geometry that fails to account for chirality.
Zz
Permalink to Comment6. Silverstein on January 8, 2010 8:26 PM writes...
"It is mathematically known that if you have a sufficiently large set of random data, you can find any pattern that you want with any given level of accuracy."
Might this be considered kindred or corollary to John P. A. Ioannidis' 2005 PloS Medicine article "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False?"
And, does this exposé mean the Pyramids were not really landing platforms for alien Goa'uld ships?
Permalink to Comment7. Cellbio on January 8, 2010 10:14 PM writes...
Easy target here. It should not take a mathematician to prove aliens didn't visit ancient sites or Woolworth's when we all know they prefer Walmart parking lots in the American deep south. They must be afraid of teeth...then again, maybe the Brit thing is real....
Permalink to Comment8. coprolite on January 8, 2010 10:47 PM writes...
Has anyone seen the geometric corollaries on cattle mutilations in the American midwest in the 1950's? Uncanny.
Permalink to Comment9. TX Raven on January 9, 2010 3:52 AM writes...
I wonder... does this include Lipinski's rule of 5?
Permalink to Comment10. A nonie mouse on January 9, 2010 2:59 PM writes...
Reminds me of the Bible Codes fiasco:
Permalink to Commenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_code
11. Tok on January 9, 2010 3:59 PM writes...
I bet there's a 216 digit number in the locations of the Woolworths.
Permalink to Comment12. PharmaHeretic on January 10, 2010 6:55 PM writes...
A product of my patented mediocrity machine.. enjoy
http://pharmaheretic.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/designing-tris-adventures-in-mediocrity/
Permalink to Comment13. PharmaHeretic on January 11, 2010 9:57 AM writes...
I have put in an alternate way to look at pdf files, after suggestions from a reader.
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