Comments on: Carnival of Space 155

By: Stewart, Scotland

Stewart, Scotland — Mon, 31 May 2010 19:48:48 +0000

@Grizzly

With you there. I reckon if I added up enough big numbers in some domain I could deduce a mystical relationship to some approximate common factor.

A touch of finding the answer you want I think.

By: Grizzly

Grizzly — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:43:26 +0000

@4 Chris.

My brain hurts. There’s some fun in numbers there and I think the human penchant for finding patterns is at play. But I can’t help but get the feeling that this is in some way similar to Hoagland’s scrunching things to get to the bizarre angles he finds in everything, what is it, the 19.7 degrees thing that he’s so obsessed with.

Close enough is only good in horse shoes and hand grenades. While the “discovery” bears some examination, I remain skeptical.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 30 May 2010 13:59:34 +0000

Clockwork Orange! A classic!

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 30 May 2010 06:13:10 +0000

Hi Phil,
Normally I would just think this was bunk because of the way the website is designed, but it was referenced in Astronomy magazine, so there might be some creditability to it. http://halfrightanglerule.com/
I would be interested in your view on this. I would check the numbers myself, but the guy doesn’t believe in making easy spreadsheets and you are pretty good at seeing when the data was cherry picked to prove a point. Thanks.

By: jcm

jcm — Sun, 30 May 2010 02:13:23 +0000

it’s Saturday, should it not be “caturday”?

By: Grizzly

Grizzly — Sun, 30 May 2010 01:52:05 +0000

All this and haiku too!

By: GumbyTheCat

GumbyTheCat — Sat, 29 May 2010 23:38:47 +0000

Thanks Phil… I love blog carnivals. I always find at least one new good blog to peruse.