[virgil_disgr4ce]

Now I'm imagining an app that automatically back-engineers a 'golden ratio' analysis or similar bullshit explanation for you to save you the time and trouble of making it up yourself. Being able to give fussy clients an instant graphic design placebo would be super useful.

In a way it's anthropologically (and linguistically) interesting that such a bigram can gain this kind of status as a result of marketing, essentially. Probably having 'gold' in there helps. Maybe the app could have optional modes for completely new magic numbers:

- The Platinum Proportion - The Gilded Fraction - The Silver Symmetry - The Coveted Correspondence

[PaulHoule]

See also

https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2322:_ISO_Paper_S...

European paper sizes are based on a sqrt(2) spiral so cutting in half works well.