¶ Cube
Index Entry
Cube:
“Because the cube is the basic three, if we assess space in the terms of the cube as volumetric unity, we will take three times as much space as would be occupied by the tetrahedron as volumetric unity. The arithmetical-geometrical coordination in terms of cubes is threefold inefficient for we are always dealing with physical experience and the structural systems whose edges consist of events whose actions, reactions and resultants consist of one basic energy vectors; therefore the cube requires threefold the energy to structure it as compared with the tetrahedron. We thus understand why nature uses the tetrahedron as the unit of energy, as its energy quantum, because it is three times as efficient. All the physicists’ experiments show that nature always employs the most energy-economical tactics.”
Return to Modelability, p. 4.7
¶ Citations
- Carbondale Draft
- Nasa Speech, p. 72, Jun’66
