Date: 6/08/2020 20:22:56
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1601190
Subject: Plato was right: Earth is made, on average, of cubes

The ancient Greek philosopher was on to something, researchers found

The ancient philosopher Plato posited the shapes of the building blocks of the universe. According to him, the earth was formed of cubes. Researchers now find a fundamental truth in that premise. Studying the shapes and fragmentation patterns of a variety of rocks, they found that the average of all their forms is a cube.

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The Borg were on to something too.

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Date: 6/08/2020 20:24:20
From: Tau.Neutrino
ID: 1601191
Subject: re: Plato was right: Earth is made, on average, of cubes

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Plato was right: Earth is made, on average, of cubes

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200720112214.htm

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Date: 6/08/2020 20:39:30
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1601193
Subject: re: Plato was right: Earth is made, on average, of cubes

Tau.Neutrino said:


The ancient Greek philosopher was on to something, researchers found

The ancient philosopher Plato posited the shapes of the building blocks of the universe. According to him, the earth was formed of cubes. Researchers now find a fundamental truth in that premise. Studying the shapes and fragmentation patterns of a variety of rocks, they found that the average of all their forms is a cube.

more…

The Borg were on to something too.

No link, which is probably just as well.

Unimpressed.

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Date: 6/08/2020 20:44:06
From: Witty Rejoinder
ID: 1601194
Subject: re: Plato was right: Earth is made, on average, of cubes

The Rev Dodgson said:


Tau.Neutrino said:

The ancient Greek philosopher was on to something, researchers found

The ancient philosopher Plato posited the shapes of the building blocks of the universe. According to him, the earth was formed of cubes. Researchers now find a fundamental truth in that premise. Studying the shapes and fragmentation patterns of a variety of rocks, they found that the average of all their forms is a cube.

more…

The Borg were on to something too.

No link, which is probably just as well.

Unimpressed.

Not another spherophile!!!

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Date: 7/08/2020 15:19:30
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1601458
Subject: re: Plato was right: Earth is made, on average, of cubes

Tau.Neutrino said:


The ancient Greek philosopher was on to something, researchers found

The ancient philosopher Plato posited the shapes of the building blocks of the universe. According to him, the earth was formed of cubes. Researchers now find a fundamental truth in that premise. Studying the shapes and fragmentation patterns of a variety of rocks, they found that the average of all their forms is a cube.

more…

The Borg were on to something too.

> Studying the shapes and fragmentation patterns of a variety of rocks, they found that the average of all their forms is a cube.

I thought that this had already been studied, and they came up with something different. From memory, instead of a cube with six sides, they came up with a geometric shape with five sides, like a triangular prism but with the opposite triangular faces not parallel. But perhaps I remember incorrectly and it was an average of seven sides.

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