Today is golden. It's beautiful. But please, celebrate Phi day rationally.
Phi Day celebrates the golden ratio (two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one), represented as 1.618 ... The reciprocal of this number is 0.618 … which in calendar notation equates to June 18
The golden ratio is considered visually pleasing and can often be found represented in art.
Phidias is believed to have used the golden ratio when designing both the Parthenon and its great statue of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens.
Bartok, Satie, and Debussy utilized the golden ratio in their music. And now, thanks to YouTube, we have visual evidence of Phi being celebrated in music.
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