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| titletext = Whoa, and if you overlay a Fibonacci spiral on a golden spiral it matches up almost perfectly! | | titletext = Whoa, and if you overlay a Fibonacci spiral on a golden spiral it matches up almost perfectly! | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Improve the explanation, specifically on the point of the scatterplot, and finish the table please. Update for the re-spin}} | |
+ | This comic is a flowchart style. Interestingly, the first option, "Do you like flowcharts?" loops back to itself until you choose NO. This is probably because the reader will keep choosing "yes" until they are annoyed and do not like flowcharts anymore. | ||
− | + | After asking about flowcharts, the reader is asked whether they like line graphs. If they follow one line, it becomes a line graph where "Time" is the x-axis and "Your Happiness" is the y-axis, and shows that your happiness increases with time. If you don't like line graphs, you are asked the same question about scatter graphs. If they follow the other line, they are asked "Charge a battery?" If the follow the line marked yes they are asked whether they are A/C or D/C and are led to a portion of the flowchart which resembles a circuit diagram of a {{w|rectifier bridge}} with a battery connected to it. | |
− | + | If the reader follows the "no" line, they are asked if they like spirals. If they choose "no" they are told to take the path of least resistance. This part of the flowchart resembles a circuit diagram, and the word "resistance" is a pun because resistance in electricity is an electrical quantity that measures how the device or material reduces the electric current flow through it. Presumably going left is the "No" option here as well, which goes through extra resistors, therefore making the "Yes" option the "path of least resistance". Whether they choose "Yes" or "No", they arrive at "Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images?" If they choose "yes" the line fades into a drawing of a golden spiral, and we see that the flowchart is structured around it. If they choose "no" they are asked if they are tired of flowcharts. If not, they are taken to the beginning to start over again. If they are tired, the line points to the "random" button on the xkcd website. | |
− | + | The title text and the faint image of a golden spiral parody the fact that the golden spiral is superimposed on nearly ''everything''. The golden spiral is a spiral that has the growth rate of the golden ratio, a number that has inspired both artists and mathematicians alike. However, people try to find the golden ratio in seemingly random objects, and they fall to confirmation bias when drawing a golden spiral on top that seemingly fits. The comic links to [http://xkcd.com/spiral/], where one can see exactly that- golden spirals Randall "found" in random photographs. The title text is funny because the mathematics of the famous Fibonacci sequence. The limit of consecutive terms of the Fibonacci sequence is equal to the golden ratio. So it matches up almost perfectly for a good reason, unlike the coincidental matchings of the pictures in the mobile site link. | |
− | + | A second version of the comic was uploaded later in the day (rare as Randall has said he "doesn't get do-overs"{{Citation needed}}). It appears a unfinished version of the comic was uploaded, with several of the lines and labels missing, and the bridge circuit incorrectly drawn. | |
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===List of Items in Flowchart=== | ===List of Items in Flowchart=== | ||
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! Explanation | ! Explanation | ||
! Successor(s) | ! Successor(s) | ||
− | ! | + | ! Predeccessor(s) |
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| Start | | Start | ||
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| Do you like line graphs? | | Do you like line graphs? | ||
− | | It asks if you like {{w | + | | It asks if you like {{w|line graphs}} |
− | | | + | | Data or axis? [The one after yes to line graphs], Scatter plots? |
| Do you like flowcharts? | | Do you like flowcharts? | ||
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− | | | + | | Data or axis? [The one after yes to line graphs] |
− | | It is asking if you wish to be the | + | | It is asking if you wish to be the data or the axis. If you choose the line, the flow chart line turns into a line graph with a positive curve. The same question will be asked later if you say no to line graphs and yes to scatter plots. |
| [A line in a line graph], Time or your happiness? | | [A line in a line graph], Time or your happiness? | ||
| Do you like line graphs? | | Do you like line graphs? | ||
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| Data or axis? [The one after yes to scatter plots] | | Data or axis? [The one after yes to scatter plots] | ||
| It is asking if you wish to be the data or the axis. If you choose the data, the flow chart line turns into a scatter plot that is also a flowchart where each of the 10 flow chart boxes is black with two white arrow, one pointing up and the other to the right. They are all connected with multiple connections. The same question was asked earlier if you said yes to line graphs. | | It is asking if you wish to be the data or the axis. If you choose the data, the flow chart line turns into a scatter plot that is also a flowchart where each of the 10 flow chart boxes is black with two white arrow, one pointing up and the other to the right. They are all connected with multiple connections. The same question was asked earlier if you said yes to line graphs. | ||
− | | [A flow chart that looks | + | | [A flow chart that looks line points in in a scatter plot], X of Y? |
| Scatter plots? | | Scatter plots? | ||
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| Help charge a battery? | | Help charge a battery? | ||
| From here on the flowchart is at the beginning of morphing into a circuit diagram. | | From here on the flowchart is at the beginning of morphing into a circuit diagram. | ||
− | | Like | + | | Like Spirals?, Are you A/C or D/C? |
− | | Scatter | + | | Scatter Plots? |
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| Are you A/C or D/C?, | | Are you A/C or D/C?, | ||
| Asks whether you are an {{w|AC current}} or a {{w|DC current}}. | | Asks whether you are an {{w|AC current}} or a {{w|DC current}}. | ||
− | | Positive or | + | | Positive or Negative Phase?, Positive or negative DC terminal? |
| Help charging a battery? | | Help charging a battery? | ||
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− | | Positive or | + | | Positive or Negative Phase? |
− | | Conventional current will flow forwards during the positive phase of AC current, whereas in the negative phase the forwards directions matches the actual flow of electrons (see [[567: Urgent Mission]]). | + | | Conventional current will flow forwards during the positive phase of AC current, whereas in the negative phase the forwards directions matches the actual flow of electrons (see [[567: Urgent Mission]]]). |
| Positive or negative DC terminal? [To either side of this box] | | Positive or negative DC terminal? [To either side of this box] | ||
| Are you A/C or D/C? | | Are you A/C or D/C? | ||
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| Positive or negative DC terminal? | | Positive or negative DC terminal? | ||
− | | This box looks like a {{w| | + | | This box looks like a {{w|Rectifier bridge}}, which is used to convert AC to DC. The single output leads to a battery which is joined in a circuit to the bottom of the rectifer bridge. |
− | | Battery [ | + | | Battery [Plus or minus] |
| Positive or negative phase? | | Positive or negative phase? | ||
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− | | Like | + | | Like Spirals? |
− | | Well, do you? If you do you instantly | + | | Well, do you? If you do you instantly goes to the question of Golden spirals. If not you take a detour. |
| Take the path of least resistance?, Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images? | | Take the path of least resistance?, Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images? | ||
| Help charge a battery? | | Help charge a battery? | ||
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| This one is a pun. If resistance is seen as electrical resistance, then the bottom one labeled ''yes'' is the one with least resistance. The other labeled "Never" sends you through ''more'' resistance, and a 'protective' diode. But in either case you are lead to the same decision box. Also the resistors could look like spirals - making this detour for those who dislike these even more painful. | | This one is a pun. If resistance is seen as electrical resistance, then the bottom one labeled ''yes'' is the one with least resistance. The other labeled "Never" sends you through ''more'' resistance, and a 'protective' diode. But in either case you are lead to the same decision box. Also the resistors could look like spirals - making this detour for those who dislike these even more painful. | ||
| Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images? | | Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images? | ||
− | | Like | + | | Like Spirals? |
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| Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images? | | Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images? | ||
− | | Here is a question regarding if you like the idea that some people can find and superimpose a {{w|golden spiral}} on a random image. No matter which options you choose you are forced to admit that it is totally BS ({{w|bullshit}}). But maybe you like it anyway? If you choose the ''Yes, even though it's total BS'' option the flow chart continues to the side of the chart, then starts to spiral up only to fades out to a very faint golden spiral aligned to the other items in the flow chart. It is almost impossible to see it before you follow this line. The other option is of course ''No, it's total BS''. If you do like it | + | | Here is a question regarding if you like the idea that some people can find and superimpose a {{w|golden spiral}} on a random image. No matter which options you choose you are forced to admit that it is totally BS ({{w|bullshit}}). But maybe you like it anyway? If you choose the ''Yes, even though it's total BS'' option the flow chart continues to the side of the chart, then starts to spiral up only to fades out to a very faint golden spiral aligned to the other items in the flow chart. It is almost impossible to see it before you follow this line. The other option is of course ''No, it's total BS''. If you do like it - then click on the [http://www.xkcd.com/1488/ comic on xkcd]. |
| Tired of flowcharts yet?, [A very faint golden spiral] | | Tired of flowcharts yet?, [A very faint golden spiral] | ||
| Like spirals?, Take the path of least resistance? | | Like spirals?, Take the path of least resistance? | ||
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| Tired of flowcharts yet? | | Tired of flowcharts yet? | ||
− | | Have you had enough of flow chart? If not | + | | Have you had enough of flow chart? If not then you are returned to the ''start'' box at the top of the chart. Maybe you have not tried all options yet, although you have already answered that you are tired of flow charts if you get this far. If you have ahd enough and answers ''Yes, I want to look at something else'' this option leads to the random comic button below the comic (only on xkcd). This decision ''literally'' breaks the fourth wall in traveling through the image's nominal boundary to point at a specific button to look at some other comic. |
− | | Start, [The xkcd [ | + | | Start, [The xkcd [http://c.xkcd.com/random/comic/ Random] comic button] |
| Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images? | | Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images? | ||
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Flowcharts]] | [[Category:Flowcharts]] | ||
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