Can the universe be explained by the golden ratio? | Decoded

Have you ever noticed similarities between the movement of stars, specks of dust and flocks of birds? Do you pause to consider how mosaics in mosques are similar to honeycombs built by bees?

If you’re paying close attention, you will notice a pattern that seems to govern natural phenomena and beautiful works of art.

For centuries, ancient thinkers have called it the Golden Ratio or the Divine Proportion.

But why is this irrational sequence of numbers so prevalent in our universe? And can this ‘cosmic constant’ predict our behavior?

In this episode, adapted from the award-winning Arabic series Dahaleez, Egyptian-born actor Amr Waked journeys from the galactic to the atomic to try to answer one of the oldest, and most persistent, philosophical questions.

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[Unknown_to_others]

When you see what the Golden Ratio of our Earth is, then you will realise that there is no coincidence. Our Creator is so great!

[AlOfNorway]

All the laws of the universe are so beautiful. It’s like life’s song, or music, or speech. Always striving for perfection, what it already is before coming into form. Ahh life, I love you!

[ryangemmatin-ao]

I am planning to have a thesis related to the golden ratio. This adds to my inspiration and motivation to continue doing so.

[BleedingSnow]

Awesome mini documentary, love the "Decoded" series, a very well made, presented, edited, written & displayed show on always interesting topics.
Look forward to the next one =)

[justanacc]

I like these episodes, very philosophical too

[Erik_The_Viking]

Another great documentary! Well done. Love this series.

[petrawagner]

Excellent video with a very important, timeless, fundamental topic.

[cheickfall]

I am really glad I stumbled on that. Funny, I saw Amr Waked in many movies. Little did I know that he can be serious.. Lol...I am glad he presents this series on Al-Jazeera. This is amazing, we get to know more without bias and prejudice. Hopefully it will stay that way. Al-Jazeera is doing great things..Kudos to him as I believe his motivation behind the series must be deep, noble and divine.

[Bandit--]

Scientists have called God the master mathematician. These things like the sunflower and a honeycomb didn't happen by chance, they were created that way. Mathematicians are just trying to figure out what God has done.

[berserker]

MATH, SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY ALL CONNECTS.
I firmly believe in the divine #/golden ratio and how it equates to OURSELVES and all The UNIVERSE. Everything is connected and all matter is made up of energy that cannot be destroyed it only changes

[priyanshuyadav]

One of my best show that I waited for a long time

[jessetorres]

I remember in the last 2 Seasons of The CW's The 100 The Golden Ratio was referenced a few times through a temperoal anomoly.

[kevin_dan]

Welcome back Decoded it its such a great show

[mhamed]

التفكر في صنع وبديع خلقه يزيد الإيمان وكشف ضحالة من يخرف بأن هذا الكون قائم على الفوضى والصدفة. سبحان الله. أتقن كل شيئ خلقه، وبدأ خلق الإنسان من طين.

[azellyjr]

Inspiring. I have been trying to apply this to my art and life.

[Shaolin-Jesus]

Mr Amr Waked, I praise you for your wisdom in bringing the essence of wisdom to investigative journalism. This is seldom seen in an era where media now wishes to inundate us with 'knowledge' of so much corruption and suffering I can't even remember it all.


that said, your investigative documentary was very refreshing and inspiring.

I also do research in the areas in which you touched on in this remarkable piece, namely - philosophy, theology and psychology.
who knew you were such a philosopher!

now regarding your attempt to connect the 'golden ratio' to 'human behavior' you may have to open up the lens in which you are viewing the topic with some more in order to find a more wholesome perspective

point being, your fixation on the golden ratio and human behavior appear too stringent. Rather, if you were to regard 'human consciousness' as opposed to just 'human behavior' you may arrive at where you initially intended to go since human consciousness constitutes human behavior.

also, human consciousness provides more connect-ability for mathematical relations more so than just 'human behavior'

most importantly, the golden ratio is only a fraction of the representation of universal law and unity found in the universe.

For more in-depth discovery you should regard mathematics as a whole and how many aspects of not just being human but being itself ( a product of existence itself ) also constitute various 'mathematical' relations. this inevitably connects to human consciousness because human consciousness is undeniably a product of existence itself - something we can refer to as the 'original equation' - the mathematical laws and principles within existence itself and thus human consciousness/behavior.

Hope to hear Back from you.


Shalom.

[FaheemRaza-pu]

This very interesting video reveals many truths about nature.

[DigitalDistortion]

I love the presenter. He is a great actor.

[vicmwaf]

Would love if decoded would do the archeology on giant skulls found across the globr and not talked more about

[theodoresweger]

Thank you As a want to be Math major, been studying the golden ratio, had to review polar coordinates. it seems exponenional equations may be concidered..The die away of in electronics and also the charging pattern are comon I belive. in nature...Thanks I love the geometry and connestion., I love looking for these patterns in nature