things in 3's/gradians

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1 total messages Started by Connie Patten Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:36

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Author: Connie Patten
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 12:36

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 Denis Chalifoux wrote:

 >I thought that it was dropped because many things in nature were naturally
 >found in multiples of 3, 6, 9 etc. rather than 10, 100, 1000.

I know the decimal system is a result of our having 10 fingers, but I
wonder what are the many things that come in  3's? I know that monocot
plants have flower parts in 3's, but after that I slow down.  Echinoderms
are in 5's, but overall it seems to me that nature both living and
non-living favors the pair: bilateral symmetry, sex, electron charge, up
and down quarks...

Connie

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