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Similar Triangles Poem

The Metrics of Faith
In Niels Bohr’s Dreamstate

2019
Digital
The Metrics of Faith In Niels Bohr’s Dreamstate, 2019 — Belief = ((Behavior)(Luck)) / Horseshoes
The Metrics of Faith In Niels Bohr’s Dreamstate, 2019 — digital
The poem Belief  =  (Behavior)(Luck) ⁄ Horseshoes

The value of belief is to the value of behavior as the value of luck is to the value of horseshoes.

The same poem, solved four ways

A similar triangles poem is a proportion, a ⁄ b = d ⁄ e, and a proportion can be rearranged without changing what it claims. Each arrangement is a separate poem and all four say the same thing.

  1. Belief = (Behavior)(Luck) ⁄ Horseshoes
  2. Behavior = (Belief)(Horseshoes) ⁄ Luck
  3. Luck = (Horseshoes)(Belief) ⁄ Behavior
  4. Horseshoes = (Luck)(Behavior) ⁄ Belief
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