¶ Symmetry
RBF Definitions
"Symmetrical means having no local asymmetries. Omni-
symmetrical permits local asymmetries. Universe is
omnisymmetrical. A three-bladed propeller is dynamically
symmetrical (three pear-shaped blades at 120° to each
other inscribed in an equilateral triangle). The propeller
blade is locally asymmetrical. . . . Our seeability is so
inherently local that we never see anything but the
asymmetries. . . Sociologists have such trouble because
they see (rather than principles) such a high frequency of
asymmetries."
¶ Citations
- RBF to EJA, Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, 31 May 1971
