Today we talked about how people see patterns in literature, and we talked about "phi" (fee) and we looked at things like this:
We also talked about how certain numbers have more repetition than others based on their association with the body (like hands/toes) like 5 and 10.
Some numbers are magical/mystical and have come from Judeo-Christian traditions because of their Biblical heritage. Days of the week and clocks are like this. We have 7 days of the week, 12 hours in a day.
12 is found in feet, dozens, apostles, and other things like midnight (which is said to be the "witching" hour). It's the time the clock rolls over. Things are "cheaper" by the dozen.
In review, we talked about these numbers:
2: Couples, opposites (black/white), you have 2 of everything
3: (see below)
4: "perfect," squares, 1,2,3,4
5: you learned to count by these, you have them on both hands, Prime
7: Prime/Biblical/Hebrew
9: Dante's Hell had this
10: You have 10 of these.
12: Apostles, hours, dozens
We'll talk about which numbers are UNlucky and have negative connotations but still regularly show up in literature!
