Points and Folds
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(01-09-2018, 03:44 AM)nibbed Wrote:  Hi dukealien,
why not:


Points and Folds


Origami proves
humanity constructs
perfectly enough.




might it destroy something hidden
or mess with that tiny meter?

-nibbed
Without flat-out explaining (that's in the Spoiler), it would mess with the open meaning (talking potential rather than realized  here).  But your six words are a more pleasing composition than my 17 syllables!  Thanks.

Quote:hard to weigh, can´t build a hydrogen bomb from a sheet of paper.. but no silicone chip either

(i always take things too literal.. your haiku is a nice hommage to the art of folding paper)

Thanks!  The intended meaning is a bit diffuse:
The idea here is that, although origami paper's points and folds are wildly imprecise as physically implemented - just look at a paper point under magnification! - simple instructions, applied by non-experts, replicably produce complex figures.  Nuclear explosives and computer chips (per @vagabond, good examples!) show that humans, despite their own gross inherent physical limitations, can construct objects that function on atomic or even subatomic levels which are no more than philosophy to their senses.  I find this amazing.  (Origami, too.)

And thanks to all readers as well as the commenters.
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Messages In This Thread
Points and Folds - by dukealien - 01-07-2018, 12:00 PM
RE: Points and Folds - by vagabond - 01-07-2018, 12:42 PM
RE: Points and Folds - by nibbed - 01-09-2018, 03:44 AM
RE: Points and Folds - by dukealien - 01-09-2018, 11:27 PM
RE: Points and Folds - by shemthepenman - 01-11-2018, 08:02 AM



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