>>> I love how the harmonics look like completely randomly chosen numbers,
>>> with no obvious pattern at all.
>>
>> 64/1 = 64
>> 64/2 = 32
>> 64/3 = 21 1/3
>> 64/4 = 16
>> 64/5 = 12 4/5
>> 64/6 = 10 2/3
>> 64/7 = 9 1/7
>> 64/8 = 8
>> 64/9 = 7 1/9
>> 64/10 = 6 4/10
>> ...
>>
>> Nope, no discernable pattern at all ;)
>
> Exactly. I mean, unless you happen to be able to compute 64/7 mentally,
> which normal humans can't.

You're not that much younger than me, so maybe there's something 
fundamentally different between the school system in the UK vs. Canada, 
but in the 2nd or 3rd grade, we had to learn our multiplication tables 
by heart.

Normal humans should remember that 7 * 9 = 63.

Or if they don't, they should be able to guestimate that since 64 is 
rather close to 70, there's a good chance that 64/7 would be just a bit 
less than 70/7, which is easy to compute.

If not, I weep for humanity.

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