On choosing a door.

Just found this presentation lodged between two posts on my old blog: (it still confuses me...)

My Magic Number Theory

What follows is my mostly developed Magic Number theory or Jem Theory that probably already exists but I haven't found yet.

Every Platonic Solid (there are 5 total) has a magic number... You may be thinking "how do we get this number? why is it magic? what is a 'plant on it' solid?" Don't worry, I will answer all of you questions in good time.

First of all, what is a Platonic Solid? It is a 3D object where every face is the same Polygon. Read more about them here: http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/platonic-solids.html

Ok, ok that's great. So what about this whole 'Magic Number' thing? If you add up the total number of corners, and then multiply it by however many edges and faces each corner is touching, you get the Magic Number for that solid. But that's not all; if you add up the total number of faces and multiply that by the number of edges and corners each face touches, once again, you get the magic number. You also get the magic number if you add up the total number of edges the solid has, and then multiply it by the number of corners and faces that edge touches (for this one it's always 4), as you can guess, you get the magic number.

A list of the magic numbers for each shape:

Cube: 48
Dodecahedron: 120

Shapes where the sides are triangles:
Tetrahedron: 24
Octahedron: 48
Icosahedron: 120

Oh, and if you have any ideas how these numbers relate please let me know in the comments or something (more detailed list below);

Name	# faces	Face shape	Jem Number
Tetrahedron	4	Triangle	24
Octahedron	8	Triangle	48
Icosahedron	120	Triangle	120
Cube	6	Square	48
Dodecahedron	12	Pentagon	120

Creation of Life

Most people believe in evolution, and that life originated by chance, and yet nobody has been able to create a single living cell, nor give life to anything dead.