New findings reveal that the shape of the Universe is a Dodecahedron based on Phi

Weird News ^ | 9/08

[Salamander]

Vindication *ping*

[LibWhacker]

Just now saw your comment. Somehow missed it earlier. Thanks for the additional information and link!

[Beowulf9]

So, does this dodecahedral shape repeat itself on infinitum?

[dangerdoc]

When you travel to the end of the Universe, can you ride again if nobody is waiting in line?

[LibWhacker]

In the multiverse? Possibly. At least in this article they don’t appear to address questions having to do with the multiverse.

[TASMANIANRED]

Very cool.

[shibumi]

Gee ..... who knew?

[shibumi]

Did someone say “Platonic Solids?

[PureSolace]

d12s baby!

[r9etb]

For those wondering, the "phi" in the headline and not mentioned in the body of the post is the golden ratio:

[JoeFromSidney]

The standard model of cosmology predicts that the universe is infinite and flat.

I don't think this is correct. Ever since Einstein, the universe has been thought to be curved, finite, but unbounded.

It has long been known that the universe was not infinite. See the Wikipedia entry on "Olbers Paradox."

I think this error is due to the writer of this article, not to the scientists being reported on.

[Museum Twenty]

MEGO Bump — Whom among us does not enjoy the dodecahedron?

[yorkie]

http://isg.cs.tcd.ie/eg2005/animPics/A5.jpg

(Too large to post)

[DouglasKC]

It's interesting that 12 has some interesting usages in the bible.

Rev 21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

Rev 21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

Twelve tribes, twelve apostles.

[mjp]

The dodecahedron is a symbol of manifested Nature, or Prakriti. This is because in its relationships to the other regular polyhedra, it demonstrates the most concise manner in which the truths about the manifested universe can be presented. If we press the question: why is this so? We can only say “It is the nature of things.” There is no other reply.

The Mathematics of the Cosmic Mind,

By L. Gordon Plummer, 1970

[Salamander]

It’s like...totally...totally fractal, maaaaaaaan.

/Dennis Hopper

[Salamander]

Hail Eris.

[all hail Discordia]

[ViLaLuz]

Any photos of your house? Sounds cool.

[oiler]

I will have no opinion about this until I hear from Matt Damon.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Kevmo. :')