Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Written by Darren Aronofsky, Sean Gullette and Eric Watson
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You know, like the Fibonacci sequence.
Fibonacci?
Fibonacci is an Italian mathematician in the 13th century. If you divide 144 into 233, the result approaches theta.
Theta?
Theta. The Greek symbol for the golden ratio. The golden spiral.
I never saw that before. That’s like the series you find in natue. Like the face of a sunflower.
Wherever there are spirals.
You see, there’s math everywhere.
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13:26, restate my assumptions:
One: Mathematics is the language of nature.
Two: Everything can be represented and understood through numbers.
Three: If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore there are patterns everywhere in nature. So what about the stock market? An universe of numbers that represents the global economy. Millions of human hands at work, millions of minds. A vast network screaming with life. An organism. A natural organism.
My hypothesis: within the stock market, there is a pattern. Right in front of me. Playing with the numbers. Always has been.
10:18, press return.
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The King asks Archimedes to determine if a present he has received is actually solid gold. Unsolved problem at the time. It tortures the great Greek mathematician for weeks. Insomnia haunts him and he twists and turns on his bed for nights on end. Finally, his equally exhausted wife, she is forced to share a bed with this genius, she convinces him to take a bath to relax. While he’s entering the tub, Archimedes notices the bath water rise. Displacement. A way to determine volume. And thus, a way to determine density. Weight over volume. And thus, Archimedes solves the problem. He screams "Eureka!" and he is so overwhelmed he runs dripping naked through the streets to the King’s palace to report his discovery. Now, what is the moral of the story?
That a breakthrough will come.
Wrong! The point of the story is the wife. You listen to your wife, she will give you perspective, meaning you need a break. You have to take a bath or you will get nowhere. There will be no order, only chaos. Go home, Max. And you take a bath.
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