Un/satisfying gif albums are scratching a very human itch. Where does it come from, & does it mean anything?
-Links for the Curious-
Perception of Symmetry in Infancy, Bornstein et al – www.princeton.edu/~cggross/Dev_Psych_1981.pdf
Bilateral symmetry & sexual selection: a meta-analysis, Møller & Thornhill www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18811416
Sorting preference in children with autism: the dominance of concrete features, Ropar & Peebles – www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16897382
The Existential Satisfaction of Things Fitting Perfectly Into Other Things, Julie Beck – www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/08/the-existential-satisfaction-of-things-fitting-perfectly-into-other-things/401213/
The Dollar Auction Game: A Paradox in Noncooperative Behavior & Escalation, Martin Shubik – www.math.toronto.edu/mpugh/Teaching/Sci199_03/dollar_auction_1.pdf
What is Godel’s Theorem?, Melvin Henriksen – www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-godels-theorem/
Pythagorean Tuning – www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehmXCaJ8-Ts
The Square Root of Two, Numberphile – www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sKah3pJnHI
Creepy Out of Tune Piano – www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv2my4a331A