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Breaking ChatGPT: Its Inability to Find Patterns in Numerical Sequences

Pattern completion tasks like this have been part of aptitude testing for a long time. The NSA and CIA, for instance, have used them to help in hiring analysts. Read More ›
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Image: Fermi Spirograph, by NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration.

Unexplained — Maybe Unexplainable — Numbers Control the Universe

Richard Feynman called 1/137, the fine structure constant, “a magic number that comes to us with no understanding by man.” Read More ›
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Photos: Geraniums, by Sabina Bajracharya, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

Plant Diversity and Computer Programming

I asked the gardener how come, after all these years, the soil in my geranium pots is at roughly the same level. Read More ›
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New Study Supports Michael Denton’s Structuralist View

The way an embryo develops shows a method of patterning that makes use of physical processes as if they conform to a predetermined plan. Read More ›
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Plant Spiral Designs Still Unexplained

Even down to the level of molecules and genes, there doesn’t seem to be any physical reason for plants to grow “Golden Ratio” patterns. Read More ›

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