Tag: human progress
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Fibonacci, Young, human progress...
The sunflower has two interlaced logarithmic spirals: 21 clockwise spirals and 34 counterclockwise spirals which numbers are subsequent numbers of the Fibonacci sequence! Comparable opposite arrangements of logarithmic spirals, associated with Fibonacci numbers, occur also by the daisy, the fir-apple (5 and 8) and the pineapple (8 and 13). The number of petals in a…
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What primitives knew, What we have forgotten...
Every time we think of us as someone more "evolved" and "better" than our primitive ancestors. We believe that we are improved versions of the people who lived on that planet thousands of years ago, since we "know more". But we should not forget that "forgetting" is also a function of the brain. And as…
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Is Human Progress an illusion ?
This article attempts to pose (and answer?) the question of whether human progess exists or it is a mere illusion. This problem has puzzled many philosophers and a very tense debate is going on until our days for that matter.
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