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Apr 2Liked by Safar Fiertze

WOW... ON SO MANY LEVELS DEEP! Safar, you are one in a million, and I'm glad to read you. Keep up the great work.

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Thank you, Will (?), very much appreciate your appreciation. Must admit the research phase hurt my head, like muscles that haven't been used in a long time.

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Apr 2Liked by Safar Fiertze

It's good to stretch your brain now and then. Like muscles, without some exercise, it will cease to function properly. I was stretched by the article as well, in many directions.

And yes, I answer to Will .. butthead or many other terms of endearment. ;) Have a fabulous day!

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🤣

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“To account for this the researchers included non-mathematicians and found that some equations displayed forms that were more aesthetically pleasing even if not understood, engaging the same neural activity as if seen by a mathematician.” - This is fascinating and surprising. Maybe I can start steering my lit major advisees to enjoy the beauty of their math classes even if understanding eludes them.

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Superb advice!! Then again their professors could be making it all look very ugly!

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Perish the thought!

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Is beauty subjective? The old joke applies here: One man's wife is another man's passion : )

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The description at the beginning of your post is so poetic and... beautiful! Loved it and felt like I was there, with you. Cliffs of Moher are amazing, indeed.

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Thanks Safar, loved this exploration into beauty! The beginning was so yummy, I was right there with you especially when the pipes began to play. I literally got goosebumps too. Then the mathematics! I am a big fan of sacred geometry, I wrote a post on the Vesica Piscis. And the symbol of my substack is the Merkaba, the star tetrahedron. The golden ratio is so pleasing, not only to the mind but to the senses and heart.

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I'll go read that post!

Thank you Julie, glad you enjoyed the scene. It was an amazing experience.

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Another excellent, thought-provoking piece. On the beauty of sunsets, it caused me to consider if and how we differentiate beauty from awe - perhaps there is something primeval about such things. Are we programmed (increasingly a rather depressingly sterile word) to react in a certain way? On introducing an understanding of beauty via mathematics, I was reminded of why I am naturally drawn to qualitative rather than quantative analysis. The (sometimes frustratingly, often more rewarding for me personally) subjectivity of it all, rather than an objective approach which, though neat, still feels too restrictive in understanding and expression. Thank you!

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