QUANTUM

a new-age buzzword

a mysterious science

the future draws near

QUANTUM is 1 of 9 pieces in the "NOTHING IS SACRED: Golden Ratio" collection:

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From Pythagoras and his brotherhood to the modern day father of the new new-age "philosophy" of Sacred Geometry, Drunvalo Melchizedek, many minds have been captivated by this ratio. And certainly, it is fascinating how the golden ratio and many other fractal patterns occur so abundantly in nature, from Nautilus shells to entire galaxies. We humans and our pattern-seeking brains can't get enough of that kind of thing...

But it is one thing to appreciate the beauty of the patterns in nature that are describable mathematically, and something very different to start ascribing vague notions of sanctity to them. I see this as embarrassing, superfluous embellishment to something that is already beautiful in and of itself.