The Golden Ratio Has Been Found in The Human Skull, But What Does It Mean?

A new study comparing human skulls with those of other animals claims that the dimensions of our heads appear to follow the golden ratio – that special number with a controversial reputation for being the “formula for beauty”.

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Tau.Neutrino said:

The Golden Ratio Has Been Found in The Human Skull, But What Does It Mean?

A new study comparing human skulls with those of other animals claims that the dimensions of our heads appear to follow the golden ratio – that special number with a controversial reputation for being the “formula for beauty”.

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Not news.

And a perfect example of confirmation bias.

mollwollfumble said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

The Golden Ratio Has Been Found in The Human Skull, But What Does It Mean?

A new study comparing human skulls with those of other animals claims that the dimensions of our heads appear to follow the golden ratio – that special number with a controversial reputation for being the “formula for beauty”.

more…

Not news.

And a perfect example of confirmation bias.

Damn, I was going to say that.

I’ll have to say something else now,

Did you know that the width to height ratio of the average cherry is close to the golden ratio?

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

The Golden Ratio Has Been Found in The Human Skull, But What Does It Mean?

A new study comparing human skulls with those of other animals claims that the dimensions of our heads appear to follow the golden ratio – that special number with a controversial reputation for being the “formula for beauty”.

more…

Not news.

And a perfect example of confirmation bias.

Damn, I was going to say that.

I’ll have to say something else now,

Did you know that the width to height ratio of the average cherry is close to the golden ratio?

This surprises me

lol

“Phi on thee, wretch”

- The Comedy Of Errors

I thought this was a thing. Like a thing as in it was one of the methods I was taught to draw a face.

sarahs mum said:

I thought this was a thing. Like a thing as in it was one of the methods I was taught to draw a face.

I wonder if a variation of the ratio is the basis for how they determine Fetal Alcohol Syndrome facial abnormalities

Refinements in diagnostic criteria since 1975 have yielded three distinctive and diagnostically significant facial features known to result from prenatal alcohol exposure and distinguishes FAS from other disorders with partially overlapping characteristics. The three FAS facial features are:
A smooth philtrum: The divot or groove between the nose and upper lip flattens with increased prenatal alcohol exposure.
Thin vermilion: The upper lip thins with increased prenatal alcohol exposure.
Small palpebral fissures: Eye width decreases with increased prenatal alcohol exposure.

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

Not news.

And a perfect example of confirmation bias.

Damn, I was going to say that.

I’ll have to say something else now,

Did you know that the width to height ratio of the average cherry is close to the golden ratio?

This surprises me

Cherry picking humour i presume…

Witty Rejoinder said:

dv said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Damn, I was going to say that.

I’ll have to say something else now,

Did you know that the width to height ratio of the average cherry is close to the golden ratio?

This surprises me

Cherry picking humour i presume…

You do indeed need to pick your cherries carefully to make the above statement true.

Did you know that if you have a structure like the human body with scores of significant linear measurements, there will be thousands of ratios of those metrics, and some of them will be average in the general vicinity of 1.6?

dv said:

Did you know that if you have a structure like the human body with scores of significant linear measurements, there will be thousands of ratios of those metrics, and some of them will be average in the general vicinity of 1.6?

Yes, similar thoughts went through my mind but I was still wondering about those specific places?

I could draw a line between two places anywhere within the body, but these two points are specific places.

Not random choices.

Tau.Neutrino said:

dv said:

Did you know that if you have a structure like the human body with scores of significant linear measurements, there will be thousands of ratios of those metrics, and some of them will be average in the general vicinity of 1.6?

Yes, similar thoughts went through my mind but I was still wondering about those specific places?

I could draw a line between two places anywhere within the body, but these two points are specific places.

Not random choices.

Right but there are scores of “specific places” in the human body.

dv said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

dv said:

Did you know that if you have a structure like the human body with scores of significant linear measurements, there will be thousands of ratios of those metrics, and some of them will be average in the general vicinity of 1.6?

Yes, similar thoughts went through my mind but I was still wondering about those specific places?

I could draw a line between two places anywhere within the body, but these two points are specific places.

Not random choices.

Right but there are scores of “specific places” in the human body.

Its usually these specific places that…

never mind.

dv said:

Did you know that if you have a structure like the human body with scores of significant linear measurements, there will be thousands of ratios of those metrics, and some of them will be average in the general vicinity of 1.6?

What I’d like to do some time, when I’m totally bored. Is look for ratios of exactly 1.5 and exactly sqrt(2).

Sort of like I did when I did a numerology study of A.A. Milne’s “Winnie the Pooh”.

I like sqrt(2), the diagonal of a square is so much more useful than the golden ratio, which is nothing more than diameter of a pentagon.

Cymek said:

sarahs mum said:

I thought this was a thing. Like a thing as in it was one of the methods I was taught to draw a face.

I wonder if a variation of the ratio is the basis for how they determine Fetal Alcohol Syndrome facial abnormalities

Refinements in diagnostic criteria since 1975 have yielded three distinctive and diagnostically significant facial features known to result from prenatal alcohol exposure and distinguishes FAS from other disorders with partially overlapping characteristics. The three FAS facial features are:
A smooth philtrum: The divot or groove between the nose and upper lip flattens with increased prenatal alcohol exposure.
Thin vermilion: The upper lip thins with increased prenatal alcohol exposure.
Small palpebral fissures: Eye width decreases with increased prenatal alcohol exposure.

two of those have nothing to do with the skull.

Arts said:

Cymek said:

sarahs mum said:

I thought this was a thing. Like a thing as in it was one of the methods I was taught to draw a face.

I wonder if a variation of the ratio is the basis for how they determine Fetal Alcohol Syndrome facial abnormalities

Refinements in diagnostic criteria since 1975 have yielded three distinctive and diagnostically significant facial features known to result from prenatal alcohol exposure and distinguishes FAS from other disorders with partially overlapping characteristics. The three FAS facial features are:
A smooth philtrum: The divot or groove between the nose and upper lip flattens with increased prenatal alcohol exposure.
Thin vermilion: The upper lip thins with increased prenatal alcohol exposure.
Small palpebral fissures: Eye width decreases with increased prenatal alcohol exposure.

two of those have nothing to do with the skull.

I was thinking of the facial features