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between its length and width.
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When it's squared, it leaves a
smaller golden rectangle behind,
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with the same unique ratio.
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The squaring can continue,
smaller and smaller,
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to infinity.
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11:18. More evidence.
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Remember da Vinci. Artist,
inventor, sculptor, naturalist.
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ltaly, C15th.
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Rediscovered the perfection
of the golden rectangle
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and pencilled it
into his masterpieces.
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Connecting a curve through the
concentric golden rectangles,
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You generate the mythical
golden spiral.
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Pythagoras loved this shape,
for he found it in nature -
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a nautilus shell, rams' horns,
whirlpools, tornadoes,
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our fingerprints, our DNA
and even our Milky Way.
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9:22. Personal note.
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When I was a little kid,
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my mother told me
not to stare into the sun.
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So once, I did.
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At first, the brightness
was overwhelming,
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but I kept looking,
forcing myself not to blink.
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And then the brightness
began to dissolve.
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My pupils shrank to pinholes
and everything came into focus.
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And for a moment I understood.
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My new hypothesis:
if we're built from spirals,
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while living in a giant spiral,
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then everything we do
is infused with the spiral.