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What can we make of a design that shows up over and over in disparate cultures throughout history? Theorist Terry Moore explores “Penrose tiling” — two shapes that fit together in infinite combinations without ever repeating — and ponders what it might mean. If you love watching TED Talks like this one, become a TED…

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What can we make of a design that shows up over and over in disparate cultures throughout history? Theorist Terry Moore explores “Penrose tiling” — two shapes that fit together in infinite combinations without ever repeating — and ponders what it might mean.

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214 Comments

  1. Nic ci

    August 16, 2023 at 11:02 am

    People laughing of ‘500 years before..’ shows a little ignorance respect of concepts enough clear or almost studied by people generally called dreamers and ultimately complot theoriests.
    Plus, i’m sure not only those decorations have mathematic patterns meaning, but also that everyone of them is related to a specific symbol as a form of esoteric writing..

    • sofia eris bauhaus

      August 16, 2023 at 4:58 pm

      dude, proofreading.

  2. Turnt0FF

    August 16, 2023 at 11:17 am

    Symmetry is both shallow and deep.
    Respect the tapestry.

  3. Commenter

    August 16, 2023 at 11:37 am

    I thought this was about Kabbalah by the thumbnail. A bit disappointed that it wasn’t. But still.. pretty cool patterns there. Old civilizations certainly left many puzzles for us to solve.

  4. William Miller

    August 16, 2023 at 11:54 am

    I like the idea, but it needs more development, or more primary resources to back it up. A lot of the comparisons here seem to be a stretch, and calling civilizations that created some of these patterns ~500 years ago “ancient” is definitely one.

  5. MyrLin8

    August 16, 2023 at 12:07 pm

    Finding meaning where none exist. Putting the cart before the horse. Typical … I like it just the same 🙂

  6. Happy Slappy!

    August 16, 2023 at 12:18 pm

    Your projecting….

  7. Kin

    August 16, 2023 at 12:19 pm

    Nothing new here

  8. Paradigm Shift

    August 16, 2023 at 12:28 pm

    Sacred geometry is what I know it as. Universally applicable geometry that hints at the underlying patterns in nature.

  9. Thukad

    August 16, 2023 at 12:49 pm

    An interesting topic but a shallow explanation. Ted has really decreased in value. Tedx has some great vids but finding them is basically a full time job with the amount of videos that get posted

  10. Ravi Kiran

    August 16, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    The ancients had texts about geometry. They were as intelligent as we are. I do not think coming up with this pattern would be hard.

  11. John Smiff

    August 16, 2023 at 1:20 pm

    It would be a fair bit schizo to say these are value statements lol

  12. Ivania

    August 16, 2023 at 1:27 pm

    ❤ human being

  13. Phlatz

    August 16, 2023 at 2:02 pm

    EVANGELION

  14. Tom Williams

    August 16, 2023 at 2:13 pm

    Thank you 🤝🤝🇺🇸

    • sofia eris bauhaus

      August 16, 2023 at 4:56 pm

      america 👈.

  15. Reccaman

    August 16, 2023 at 2:24 pm

    “Shared subconscious” is what I’ve known it as.

    • sofia eris bauhaus

      August 16, 2023 at 5:03 pm

      or maybe they are using shared math…

  16. Tlacaelel C

    August 16, 2023 at 2:59 pm

    Catching up with ancient wisdom

  17. Arno Hayes

    August 16, 2023 at 4:01 pm

    The most pleasing thing about such patterns is exactly the hint of underlying (overarching?) depth and order. I think most people can sense it. Even if they can’t put in words, nor even consciously recognize that their brains are being tickled by something just below the surface.

  18. Juan Mendoza

    August 16, 2023 at 4:07 pm

    4:43 Spinoza in the medieval period???

  19. sofia eris bauhaus

    August 16, 2023 at 4:26 pm

    > here is a Penrose tiling.
    nice!
    > here is islamic art resembling a Penrose tiling.
    cool!
    > here is some completely unrelated geometric art from other cultures.
    …okay? it seems not toi bother you that there is no evident commonality (or “underlying unity”) there?
    > we could call this god, blah blah blah.
    sure you can, and with the right connection you even get a TED talk for it, i guess…

  20. Jason eddie

    August 16, 2023 at 4:30 pm

    Australian dot painting was actually invented by a Dutch teacher!

    • XY

      August 16, 2023 at 4:35 pm

      Sure, but the painting idea is a person own individually.

  21. gyozakeynesian

    August 16, 2023 at 4:56 pm

    The vast majority of Islamic tiling patterns are perfectly periodic. Penrose tiling is the rare exception. And the idea that it’s not decoration is frankly silly. It’s precisely decoration due to a cultural taboo against art that includes animals and humans.

  22. youquisite

    August 16, 2023 at 6:27 pm

    Am I the only one who saw the Infinity gauntlet with the infinity stones?

  23. Miguel Suarez-Solis

    August 16, 2023 at 6:30 pm

    Every single time there is a phenomena people can’t explain they explain it with supernatural things…. and every single time it’s proven not

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  25. Alex Gonzo

    August 16, 2023 at 8:06 pm

    The black and white border at 3:11has the appearance of some sort of code or cypher.

    • Maxim Kr

      August 17, 2023 at 6:50 pm

      Exactly. This is a text in arabic, just a special script. E.g. you can find “Allah” الله close to top-left. The script is used a lot in mosaics where number of “pixels” is limited. Google “kufic script”. Fun fact: it is also present in the “ornament” between the stripes in the flag of Iran.

  26. Robel

    August 16, 2023 at 11:51 pm

    Amazing!!

  27. Jonni Angel

    August 17, 2023 at 12:17 am

    Awesome. Thank you

  28. Uyên Cát

    August 17, 2023 at 1:23 am

    Do they have transcript everyone? Plz help me

  29. Bravo Sierra

    August 17, 2023 at 2:53 am

    It was those engineers from Prometheus wasn’t it.

  30. bj0rn

    August 17, 2023 at 3:13 am

    In an interview Penrose was asked whether there was any problem in physics that motivated his work on tiling.
    Roger responded that he simply thought it was an interesting puzzle.
    Not everything has to be driven by utilitarianism.

  31. Abdulaziz Mirzaaxmedov

    August 17, 2023 at 3:29 am

    İm from Uzbekistan. I offer you which can visit our country. It is peace and calm people. As long as you can i wait for you in Tashkent

  32. Adigerla Prasad

    August 17, 2023 at 4:11 am

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  33. Dexter yousef

    August 17, 2023 at 4:38 am

    Autism=repetition & angles.

  34. r7winy

    August 17, 2023 at 5:17 am

    Meanwhile Me Who Observed Logo Designs In Genshin Domains lmaoo

  35. Batman H

    August 17, 2023 at 5:43 am

    this is a perfect exmaple about knowledgle which get lost to the sand of time …

  36. Guzman Tierno

    August 17, 2023 at 6:09 am

    you forgot to talk about the recent MONOTILE

  37. Marchant2

    August 17, 2023 at 6:24 am

    Fascinating. It’s like mankind talking to itself in an alien language.

  38. Tyler Durden

    August 17, 2023 at 7:15 am

    I am from Uzbekistan🇺🇿❤

  39. Chippy Steve

    August 17, 2023 at 7:54 am

    Reminds me of that time when the Sumerians plagiarised Pythagoras’ theorem (3:4:5) centuries before he was born or when the Chinese stole the arch from the Romans and sent it back in time,again by centuries.

  40. martin garcia

    August 17, 2023 at 10:18 am

    What a basket case

  41. Sayyam Jain Nagpur

    August 17, 2023 at 10:49 am

    By this logic all of us humans have the same body structures so we’ll, however be divided by cultures, have the same pattern and hence there should be a creator. This is extreme extrapolation of the facts.

    There is a pattern everywhere in the world that only signifies that the world constructs itself in a similar pattern because the air, land, fire, water and plants are interconnected and nothing more.

  42. Eric Jimenez

    August 17, 2023 at 11:31 am

    @2:10

  43. PJinPanama

    August 17, 2023 at 11:33 am

    This guy really has a knack with language, and objectively provokes quite a bit of unifying ideology in just a few minutes. Bravo, man!

  44. Pᴀʀᴀsᴇʟᴇɴᴇ Tᴀᴏ

    August 17, 2023 at 1:28 pm

    It’s fun to listen to, but there’s hardly any substance. “Humans see patterns sometimes,” could have been the 2 second version of this talk.

  45. Eder Luna

    August 18, 2023 at 12:08 am

    Infinity stones

  46. dePlant

    August 18, 2023 at 3:28 am

    Ted talks are now just a cesspool of pseudoscience.

  47. Somesh Sharma

    August 18, 2023 at 4:45 am

    Bro is talking Indian 🤔

  48. Tybourne

    August 18, 2023 at 5:08 am

    Wow, what a fascinating talk! Spinoza was not a medieval philosopher but lived in the seventeenth century, so he was early modern. If you want to go deeper still, check out Christopher Dawson on why the label ‘medieval’ is problematic. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!

  49. interestingyoutubechannel

    August 18, 2023 at 5:48 am

    That image he put for an example of “middle east” is the Jewish mysticism. In kabbalah, regarded as “science of the tree of life and knowledge”.

  50. vegacool1

    August 18, 2023 at 8:32 am

    its a Quantum pattern?

  51. Nyar Parablepsis

    August 18, 2023 at 9:26 am

    That was horribly bad and has nothing to do with scholarship or science.

    And the man should consult an encyclopedia on the meaning of “ancient”.

  52. Val 🌱

    August 18, 2023 at 5:43 pm

    This brings to mind Carl Jung’s Collective Unconscious theory. I half-expected him to mention it, but he didn’t.

  53. Andrew Crockett

    August 18, 2023 at 7:02 pm

    I am a Freemason and I approve this message.

  54. never loose hope

    August 19, 2023 at 10:33 am

    Can Ai work without internet service 🧐

  55. René vH

    August 19, 2023 at 10:55 am

    Weave them into 3D… and then 4D.

  56. Doggy Gaming

    August 19, 2023 at 11:27 am

    Imagine there is something as transformative as electricity that hasn’t been discovered yet.

  57. JoyL

    August 19, 2023 at 11:54 am

    Wow I didn’t know Mark Passio had a Ted talk

  58. Susan Bruce

    August 19, 2023 at 12:39 pm

    Vacuum flux.

  59. bob roberts

    August 19, 2023 at 1:23 pm

    Smoke some DMT, or take some mushrooms.

  60. Yahweh Elohim is the false Elohim

    August 19, 2023 at 1:24 pm

    Is the Monad (first emanation of God) the zero-dimensional space holding our quarks together with the Strong Nuclear Force?

    Leibniz’s “The Monadology” is a philosophical work that explores the concept of monads as indivisible, immaterial substances that make up the fabric of reality. While the notion of monads is primarily philosophical and not directly related to modern physics, I can attempt to draw a connection between some of Leibniz’s ideas and the strong nuclear force holding quarks together. Here are seven points of connection you could consider:

    1) Indivisibility and Unity: Leibniz’s monads are indivisible and lack parts. In a similar vein, quarks are elementary particles, indivisible according to our current understanding, and are the building blocks of hadrons, the particles held together by the strong force.

    2) Interconnectedness: Leibniz’s monads are interconnected, each reflecting the entire universe from its own perspective. In particle physics, the strong force binds quarks within hadrons, creating a complex interconnected system of particles.

    3) Inherent Properties: Monads possess inherent perceptions and appetitions. In particle physics, quarks are associated with intrinsic properties like color charge, which influences their interactions through the strong force.

    4) Harmony: Leibniz describes monads as creating harmony in the universe. Similarly, the strong nuclear force maintains stability within atomic nuclei by balancing the repulsive electromagnetic forces between positively charged protons.

    5) Pre-established Harmony: Leibniz’s concept of pre-established harmony suggests that everything is synchronized by design. In particle physics, the strong force ensures that quarks interact in ways that give rise to stable particles, exhibiting a form of “harmony” in their interactions.

    6) Non-Mechanical Interaction: Leibniz’s monads interact non-mechanically through perceptions. In the context of the strong force, quarks interact through the exchange of gluons, which doesn’t follow classical mechanical rules but rather the principles of quantum field theory.

    7) Holism: Leibniz’s emphasis on the holistic nature of reality could be compared to the way quarks contribute to the overall structure and behavior of hadrons through their interactions mediated by the strong force.

    Question:

    What is the difference between the postulated soul (no spatial extension, zero size and exact location only) and quarks (mass with no size measured in Megaelectron Volts)?

    • Yahweh Elohim is the false Elohim

      August 19, 2023 at 1:26 pm

      Quantum mechanics is more compatible with Leibniz’s relational view of the universe than Newton’s absolute view of the universe.

      In Newton’s absolute view, space and time are absolute and independent entities that exist on their own, independent of the objects and events that take place within them. This view implies that there is a privileged observer who can observe the universe from a neutral and objective perspective.

      On the other hand, Leibniz’s relational view holds that space and time are not absolute, but are instead relational concepts that are defined by the relationships between objects and events in the universe. This view implies that there is no privileged observer and that observations are always made from a particular point of view.

      Quantum mechanics is more compatible with the relational view because it emphasizes the role of observers and the context of measurement in determining the properties of particles. In quantum mechanics, the properties of particles are not absolute, but are instead defined by their relationships with other particles and the measuring apparatus. This means that observations are always made from a particular point of view and that there is no neutral and objective perspective.

      Overall, quantum mechanics suggests that the universe is fundamentally relational rather than absolute, and is therefore more compatible with Leibniz’s relational view than Newton’s absolute view.

    • Yahweh Elohim is the false Elohim

      August 19, 2023 at 1:27 pm

      What are the two kinds of truth according to Leibniz?

      There are two kinds of truths, those of reasoning and those of fact. Truths of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible.

      What is the difference between Newton and Leibniz calculus?

      Newton’s calculus is about functions. 

      Leibniz’s calculus is about relations defined by constraints. 

      In Newton’s calculus, there is (what would now be called) a limit built into every operation. 

      In Leibniz’s calculus, the limit is a separate operation.

      What are the arguments against Leibniz?

      Critics of Leibniz argue that the world contains an amount of suffering too great to permit belief in philosophical optimism. The claim that we live in the best of all possible worlds drew scorn most notably from Voltaire, who lampooned it in his comic novella Candide.

  61. Not Necessarily

    August 19, 2023 at 1:36 pm

    Is the Monad (first emanation of God) the zero-dimensional space holding our quarks together with the Strong Nuclear Force?

    Leibniz’s “The Monadology” is a philosophical work that explores the concept of monads as indivisible, immaterial substances that make up the fabric of reality. While the notion of monads is primarily philosophical and not directly related to modern physics, I can attempt to draw a connection between some of Leibniz’s ideas and the strong nuclear force holding quarks together. Here are seven points of connection you could consider:

    1) Indivisibility and Unity: Leibniz’s monads are indivisible and lack parts. In a similar vein, quarks are elementary particles, indivisible according to our current understanding, and are the building blocks of hadrons, the particles held together by the strong force.

    2) Interconnectedness: Leibniz’s monads are interconnected, each reflecting the entire universe from its own perspective. In particle physics, the strong force binds quarks within hadrons, creating a complex interconnected system of particles.

    3) Inherent Properties: Monads possess inherent perceptions and appetitions. In particle physics, quarks are associated with intrinsic properties like color charge, which influences their interactions through the strong force.

    4) Harmony: Leibniz describes monads as creating harmony in the universe. Similarly, the strong nuclear force maintains stability within atomic nuclei by balancing the repulsive electromagnetic forces between positively charged protons.

    5) Pre-established Harmony: Leibniz’s concept of pre-established harmony suggests that everything is synchronized by design. In particle physics, the strong force ensures that quarks interact in ways that give rise to stable particles, exhibiting a form of “harmony” in their interactions.

    6) Non-Mechanical Interaction: Leibniz’s monads interact non-mechanically through perceptions. In the context of the strong force, quarks interact through the exchange of gluons, which doesn’t follow classical mechanical rules but rather the principles of quantum field theory.

    7) Holism: Leibniz’s emphasis on the holistic nature of reality could be compared to the way quarks contribute to the overall structure and behavior of hadrons through their interactions mediated by the strong force.

    Question:

    What is the difference between the postulated soul (no spatial extension, zero size and exact location only) and quarks (mass with no size measured in Megaelectron Volts)?

  62. star fox

    August 19, 2023 at 1:53 pm

    Is that the infinity stones?

  63. Scott Conlon

    August 19, 2023 at 1:59 pm

    There is a God and it’s not me

  64. Steve Changworld

    August 19, 2023 at 2:53 pm

    Crackpot

  65. Jamey D.

    August 19, 2023 at 3:20 pm

    Very interesting. But to say aperiodic patterns revealed across cultures and time “is life” … I’m still pondering. Perhaps a life force is involved in the pattern but not the pattern itself.

  66. Amanda

    August 19, 2023 at 3:40 pm

    I ain’t no tree of life created by the great god Pan and his wife Christy Christ. Sorry

  67. Aewon Wolf

    August 19, 2023 at 3:50 pm

    Aeon Sophia

  68. Willy Foofoo

    August 19, 2023 at 3:51 pm

    Mysticism and witchcraft got it!

  69. Andrzej Skalski

    August 19, 2023 at 4:03 pm

    Mambo jambo. I’m either dumb or I can’t see any connection between Penrose tiles and “we see it in ancient egypt, greece, etc”. Let me guess, guy has a book to sell.

  70. Dale Lerette

    August 19, 2023 at 4:45 pm

    Sir Roger Penrose is an exceptional visionary. I am curious if he has spoken with Alfred North Whitehead. In addition to his legacy as a co-writer of Principia Mathematica, Whitehead’s theory of “extensive abstraction” is considered foundational for the branch of ontology and computer science known as “mereotopology,”

  71. Eli Harman

    August 19, 2023 at 4:49 pm

    What does OUR art and architecture say about our underlying values and worldview? Nothing good because it isn’t good…

  72. Matthias van Rhijn

    August 19, 2023 at 5:04 pm

    W o w

    😱

    Thank You for the Info.

  73. S. Munro

    August 19, 2023 at 5:31 pm

    A singularity is a moment of change in possibility.

  74. S. Munro

    August 19, 2023 at 5:33 pm

    PI is an indivisible string.

  75. Aidan Ashby

    August 19, 2023 at 7:05 pm

    How can we “know they’re not just decorations, they’re a statement, a message”? They’re just cool patterns, dude.

  76. Alexander Common

    August 19, 2023 at 7:05 pm

    Designs are important, but I have no idea what the point of this talk is. Maybe it’s just a cool design? Just like a circle. He’s reading way too into it

  77. MINISTROJ

    August 19, 2023 at 7:33 pm

    Wow🎉 this is a gift. Thank you.

  78. Allen

    August 19, 2023 at 9:14 pm

    That was excellent. What a tremendous resource this channel is. Thank you for helping me everyday in everyway.

  79. Kreynarr

    August 20, 2023 at 4:49 pm

    I don’t get it why this guy thinks it’s such a big deal

  80. Samuel Ikonallah Olokpo

    August 20, 2023 at 5:12 pm

    From Australia to Meso America to Europe and Asia…but Nothing said about African, Note, Egypt is a continent.

  81. fishdude666ify

    August 20, 2023 at 5:14 pm

    Kind of like how the Pythagorean theorum was known by pre-dynastic Egyptians?

  82. 1jw2

    August 20, 2023 at 5:15 pm

    God’s creation is amazing

  83. NYC 1Ts

    August 20, 2023 at 5:20 pm

    Looks a lot like the chemical model of the compound THC and other cannabinoids

  84. Andrew Routhier

    August 20, 2023 at 5:29 pm

    Do some dmt and you come to the realization that all of these patterns originate from a higher dimensional reality.

  85. sultan whomever

    August 20, 2023 at 5:39 pm

    he says these designs are “life itself” and are nonrepeating. but they ARE repeating. the designs are literally symetrical sets. and that is also “god.” what? why?

  86. Carlos Penalver

    August 20, 2023 at 5:51 pm

    Wanna know one thing nobody knows yet but every living being will see first hand? It’s that pattern you will see at the very end, the moment you kiss death hello and that final essence of your being definitively crosses beyond this world as you near that Planck length hole the pattern which isn’t the actual shape but the clearest visual perspective you are capable of seeing comes to view. We can’t even build instruments with all of the most advanced technologies at our disposal to view that Planck hole but one day, if we really wanted to we can produce one powerful enough to view the smallest area possible and even if it’s not the actual hole which is more of an orb then a hole what it may be able to capture will be exactly like that pattern much like the optical illusion a black hole provides beyond the event horizon from our perspective outside of one. Craaaaayyyyzzzzeeee ain’it 😁 as ancient as life itself

  87. Stephen Colley

    August 20, 2023 at 6:11 pm

    Your research is bad Aboriginal Australia was taught to paint using dots by a British man in the 1960’s so stop mate

  88. Fay Sitler

    August 20, 2023 at 6:16 pm

    That design is called the tree of Life, my friend at least the one you showed on the cover page of this video clip

  89. ronniet71

    August 20, 2023 at 6:32 pm

    Nassim Harimein, brought forth this information first. Thank you.

  90. Radezzi Entertainment

    August 20, 2023 at 7:21 pm

    we need randall carlson next pls!!!

  91. NoCancelCultureAccepted

    August 20, 2023 at 7:28 pm

    Design or not, everyone of us is aging and dying.

  92. Will Gunn

    August 20, 2023 at 7:37 pm

    It’s the Infinity Stones. Knew it.

  93. Nathan Harrison

    August 20, 2023 at 7:39 pm

    maybe the commonality between these cross-cultural examples is math; specifically geometry.

  94. That Freedom Guy

    August 20, 2023 at 7:40 pm

    The plumb bob shows the perfect vertical, and the balances show the perfect horizontal. Together, they make the perfect cross. Used as a metaphor for human virtues, the vertical uprightness of the sword with the horizontal balance of the scales gives the symbol for justice. It can be found outside court houses and the tarot card called justice. The Freemasons knew about this, too. ⚖️⚔️

  95. יחזקאל משה

    August 20, 2023 at 7:46 pm

    4:27 this the kabalic tree of life. It is jewish. Not middle east….

  96. costernocht

    August 20, 2023 at 7:55 pm

    Great presentation, but Spinoza lived in the 17th century, not the Medieval period.

  97. slktool

    August 20, 2023 at 7:55 pm

    Now there is an einstone as well. A shape with 13 sides that never repeats.

  98. Fluxpistol

    August 20, 2023 at 7:59 pm

    So, given enough time & resources humans get bored enough to play with shapes & lines as adults like they did when they were children but it will look more pretty. Mostly because they’re the only options. & maybe they’re trying to say something. Also, maybe not. Kinda sounds like the monkey on a type writer with infinite time would write Shakespeare idea. Like more discrete though.

  99. Thaddeus Roberts

    August 20, 2023 at 8:53 pm

    What in New-age mumbo-jumbo is this? First he goes from Penrose’s patterns, which — surprise! — weren’t original, then he says that other places have patterns too. And this is news? Then he invokes Plato and first cause. Firstly, that’s more Aristotle than Plato, and second it has nothing to do with geometric patterns such as these. Neither does Spinoza’s philosophy. The whole lecture is like, “Do you know that in other cultures, they also speak languages?” Really? My mind is blown.

  100. Cognitive Dissonance Camp

    August 20, 2023 at 9:01 pm

    The clickbait image makes people think he is going to talk about Kabbalah but instead it’s just an image he chose that is poorly inserted into his presentation.

  101. Cris T

    August 20, 2023 at 9:07 pm

    Before there were words there were symbols.

  102. Jeremy Taylor Francis Gleaves

    August 20, 2023 at 9:29 pm

    thumbnail has kabbalah, I’m guessing whoever chose the thumbnail didn’t know that it was kabbalah

  103. KopfschussTV

    August 21, 2023 at 4:43 pm

    Or, they only had access to 2-4 molds and had to create a repeatable pattern to fill the space.

    How do some people get a worldview analogy from bathroom tiles?

  104. Jaden Smith

    August 21, 2023 at 4:46 pm

    This man just explained Sacred Geometry Terribly 🤦🏾‍♂️ and left out all the important parts. The flower of life was first discovered in Africa in the temple Osiris and is the underlying structure of All things The ancient Africans knew this

  105. Rain Blackwolf

    August 21, 2023 at 4:58 pm

    Is this a part of a longer lecture?

  106. Manal Saad

    August 21, 2023 at 5:01 pm

    Strangely enough this is not news for people in the Middle East and Central Asia know as Islamic Architecture allowing artisans to use complex mathematics to create the fantastic geometric patterns that adorn mosques, palaces and other buildings in the Muslim world.

    What is new in this talk is the speaker’s personal opinion which sounds more of a personal interpretation of an art piece rather than a new revelation.

  107. Emil Cioran

    August 21, 2023 at 5:21 pm

    I did not understand this video…

  108. Satan Official

    August 21, 2023 at 5:49 pm

    This universe is a sim. The proof that this universe is a sim already exists.

  109. Larry Bedouin

    August 21, 2023 at 6:06 pm

    Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. 🙄

  110. Len Wittrock

    August 21, 2023 at 6:08 pm

    The reason we see design everywhere is because God created it all, including us, and the demons you want so much to believe are “Aliens.” Good luck to you.

  111. dystopian dream

    August 21, 2023 at 6:15 pm

    What message are we sending with modern architecture?

  112. Nate P

    August 21, 2023 at 6:22 pm

    Wait… He went on vacation in Uzbekistan?!

  113. mgmcd1

    August 21, 2023 at 6:24 pm

    That’s a lot of conclusion to draw from some tiles. 🤔

  114. Brandon Fuller

    August 21, 2023 at 6:30 pm

    Thank you for bringing up David Bohm and implicate order; he has not had the reading he deserves imo.

  115. them2slow

    August 21, 2023 at 6:40 pm

    This is sacred geometry people. Google it. Welcome to the true religion
    As above
    So below

  116. HT

    August 21, 2023 at 6:47 pm

    As a proud Uzbekistani 🇺🇿, I watched this Ted talk with a great fascination about my ancestors …

  117. K F

    August 21, 2023 at 7:03 pm

    So we are not so different at all even though we are separated by miles and years.

  118. Jack

    August 21, 2023 at 7:08 pm

    Penrose tiling is what you see on DMT…..no I don’t want to buy any,you instagram scammers

  119. Ricky Hobbs

    August 21, 2023 at 7:27 pm

    “It’s truly remarkable to consider that the intricate architecture of the universe has been discerned in isolation over millennia.”

  120. Ismail Sabaz

    August 21, 2023 at 7:43 pm

    You ,western world, fortunately have started to understand what asia , first of all, had offered to the world.
    So I hope that you will regret what you have dane to the ‘ underdeveloped, uncivilesed nations!’
    To be a man you must get the idea of ‘ to be or not to be!
    In my words ,’ to have or not to have!’
    The same thing!
    The rest, what you are talking is bullshit!
    Got it!
    This expression is good to say to those , during centuries, did not understand value of beatuful words!
    I hope, materialistic world will get it , in anyway!
    Love to the all created!

  121. Illy

    August 21, 2023 at 7:44 pm

    Hindus might call this the brahman, and these patterns is a merely description of it. Everywhere in each field of whatever study you will find a pattern that is another way to describe this underlying pattern of nature and this I find sensational.

  122. Tootsie

    August 21, 2023 at 7:47 pm

    So history doesn’t repeat itself?

  123. Kryyss

    August 21, 2023 at 8:11 pm

    Amazing how he can talk for six minutes straight but say absolutely nothing.

  124. Arnaud MEURET

    August 21, 2023 at 8:44 pm

    🙄All this proves is that it is _irrelevant_ to your culture, values, etc. Just do enough tiling and you’ll eventually stumble upon “Penrose”

  125. Dimitri Morgan

    August 21, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    Sacred geometry is central to most all creative processes in the majority of advanced cultures from time immemorial.

  126. Jim C

    August 21, 2023 at 9:07 pm

    People have zero discernment. This is the Kabbala tree of life. Stay far away. Jesus is the way, the truth and life.

  127. Milo Persic

    August 21, 2023 at 9:09 pm

    This kind of puts drab modernism in perspective for me.

  128. Cringe mastersss

    August 22, 2023 at 11:32 am

    So a physicist tells you that every decision changes the future when the only thing that physics actually proves is that free will does not exist?
    Looks like we all have cognitive dissonance 😂

  129. Noah N

    August 22, 2023 at 12:14 pm

    It’s a technology for lowering human brain barrier making them more open to either mind expansion or mind manipulation. It’s a tool that way. Humans stare, human mind goes relaxed / blank, insert in ideaset.

  130. yahublooddrunkeness

    August 22, 2023 at 12:40 pm

    Y’all mf’ers haven’t seen a sephirot before? Just remember: Rabbi Schneerson learned us that echad means pluralic-oneness therefore y’all Jews can more easily understand Christian Trinity. LORD bless

  131. Francois Rouleau

    August 22, 2023 at 12:56 pm

    Brilliant!

  132. Pierre Villemaire-Brooks

    August 22, 2023 at 12:58 pm

    Very well spoken -.-

  133. Larry Troy

    August 22, 2023 at 1:14 pm

    Nope.. sometimes a tree is just a tree..

    • Mr. Shark Tooth

      August 22, 2023 at 7:28 pm

      Wow! That’s deep man…

  134. RJD

    August 22, 2023 at 1:25 pm

    I hope anthropology would have a more robust contribution than the “that’s life” interpretation. The people capable of complex mathematics, well, they may have had a more substantial rationale. For instance, they may have been trying to communicate mathematical concepts!

  135. Trisha Lamb

    August 22, 2023 at 2:14 pm

    This is the underlying philosophy of the Tao.

  136. Patrick Jones

    August 22, 2023 at 2:27 pm

    the infinity stones

  137. s l

    August 22, 2023 at 2:35 pm

    But what does it actually mean? It’s kind of a big statement to say it represents life and not give any theories about how that hypothesis originated

  138. Henry van Megen

    August 22, 2023 at 3:22 pm

    Interesting and fascinating.. your presentation was flawless and very captivating. Thank you for this TED talk mini lecture! Looking forward seeing you more!

  139. cual6po44ohs4h2o

    August 22, 2023 at 3:46 pm

    Lets Tesselate~

  140. 290revolver290

    August 22, 2023 at 4:07 pm

    The infinity stones are real.

  141. Jesus ™

    August 22, 2023 at 4:27 pm

    Very unique earlobes

  142. CenturionxXx1

    August 22, 2023 at 4:40 pm

    i have seen this movie it’s called prometheus

  143. 2naija

    August 22, 2023 at 7:22 pm

    Notice how he said they found the pattern in the “Egypt”, “Greece”, …… Europe, America, middle -east BUT not Africa. Subliminal bias never fails to reveal peoples inner thoughts. Egypt is not in Africa, of cause.

  144. Mr. Shark Tooth

    August 22, 2023 at 7:24 pm

    (In Spock’s voice) Fascinating.

  145. iBlagg8

    August 22, 2023 at 7:37 pm

    Terrible thumbnail nothing to do with kabbala or tree of life

  146. Logos

    August 22, 2023 at 7:43 pm

    There’s whole esoteric universe in geometry

  147. ManufacturingDissent

    August 22, 2023 at 7:49 pm

    The Stories that can be told by people who like words more than TD, A Simple tile doodle, divide & rule, discover carbon fuller’eens, I bet more people see the order/ construction drawing(even though it isnt there)…I doubt many people would see the penrose tiles in there as a thing. a little like pointing out the spaces rather than the words.

  148. Daniel Grove Photo

    August 22, 2023 at 7:56 pm

    So this isn’t about the infinity stones?

  149. No Suffix

    August 22, 2023 at 8:28 pm

    Really? I don’t buy it. Looks to me that interpretations make things more complicated than they originally were.

  150. Son of Ode

    August 22, 2023 at 8:51 pm

    The signature of the First Cause, God.

  151. Momo Jarwan

    August 22, 2023 at 9:08 pm

    I came here for the infinity stones in the thumbnail

  152. Telion

    August 23, 2023 at 12:46 pm

    The infinity stones are real?!?!??!

  153. guy Thorne

    August 23, 2023 at 12:54 pm

    The treeof life.

  154. Jf Master

    August 23, 2023 at 1:20 pm

    Im sorry but this is not accurate information..the tree of life/ light is a documented blueprint of a specific arrengement of spherical lenses of different materials in procession reaching solfegio frequencies with symatics of lithium/gold/salt solution converging light vortex recreating a parabola reflected design of the universe and distilled second harmonic gold covered lithium particle filled water that aids in longevity using the sun,the moon and the procession of the philosoher stone..6000° of turoidal light pulse into 99% light obsorbant black waters …they use to call it magic but its just good😢 science with bad potentials.🤫🤫🤫

  155. محمد الشوا

    August 23, 2023 at 2:21 pm

    The last one it is not in middle east, and never mentioned about islamic shapes ornateness art.

  156. Anthony

    August 23, 2023 at 2:34 pm

    I think it describes order from chaos, Bit like fractals. great short 🙂

  157. Baal Hamon

    August 23, 2023 at 2:42 pm

    Jung – Mandala

  158. Chris W

    August 23, 2023 at 2:54 pm

    A scientist copied ancient patterns that have existed openly forever… and he takes the credit and is exalted?

    I did enjoy the speech.

  159. Yungdiogenes

    August 23, 2023 at 3:22 pm

    Geometric uniformity…

  160. Hu Arwe

    August 23, 2023 at 4:22 pm

    Code implies a coder. 🐰

  161. Mr E Mann

    August 23, 2023 at 4:45 pm

    Paternicity is a thing. Look it up

  162. ShutEyeCinema

    August 23, 2023 at 4:59 pm

    There is a docu containing the explanation to how the 10 sephirot unfolds into the shape of a torus or toroid.
    No need, therefore, to tie in Spinoza’s “Monad” here.

  163. व्हिते शिव

    August 23, 2023 at 5:00 pm

    Also the ground of being.

  164. Nikko Tan

    August 23, 2023 at 5:13 pm

    Penrose the scientist who’s megastructure is named after “The Penrose Sphere”.

  165. T N T

    August 23, 2023 at 5:21 pm

    Nice presentation , high school level . Unfortunately , there’s nothing frozen in time or space , just a world of constant change . Random interactions of random forms

  166. cobhc1227

    August 23, 2023 at 5:52 pm

    Adinkra symbols,codes, aka error correcting code Billy Carson has a good explanation of it

  167. cobhc1227

    August 23, 2023 at 5:53 pm

    The dude is piggybacking
    THE dude is clearly WOKE

  168. cobhc1227

    August 23, 2023 at 5:55 pm

    The weather system paths can be predicted with the Adinkra code

  169. Michael Dickson

    August 23, 2023 at 6:00 pm

    simulation

  170. You're Right but...

    August 23, 2023 at 6:41 pm

    Maybe I misunderstood. Did he say at 3:40 that a Medieval design was based on Penrose tiling? Isn’t that a contradiction?

  171. MyÜberLife Consulting Group

    August 23, 2023 at 7:11 pm

    ⚕️🐺🪽

  172. Mr.M

    August 23, 2023 at 7:23 pm

    That was a great talk 🙂

  173. Refrig 123

    August 23, 2023 at 7:28 pm

    The thumbnail is actually a Neon Genesis reference 😎

  174. yhjo521

    August 23, 2023 at 7:41 pm

    Looks like islam was once on the right path to scientific knowledge but then abandoned it for dogma, scientific knowledge probably clashed with poor explanations of reality at some point and they chose the latter.

  175. Chloe Christina

    August 23, 2023 at 8:18 pm

    Excellent talk

  176. Sam Kresch

    August 23, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    Spinoza wasn’t medieval and the chain of life was made by Eastern European Jews not in the Middle East

  177. Derrick Parker

    August 24, 2023 at 2:22 pm

    I swear the ancients priests got high and this is one of the shapes and patterns they saw…

  178. bquick94

    August 24, 2023 at 3:40 pm

    Hey TED remember that time you removed Graham Hancock’s presentation and banned him?

  179. Fikitupper

    August 24, 2023 at 3:54 pm

    We humans are drawn to shapes and design. I used to link lines together and come up with different patterns. The designs we see are a consequence of that and to some extent it is unintentional. It is not due to some ambitious plan to uncover or explain meaning of life.

  180. unitoolzee

    August 24, 2023 at 3:57 pm

    Like that cool “S” shape graffiti

  181. Gonzalo Barragan

    August 24, 2023 at 4:00 pm

    Isnt this overanalize it? There are multiple reasons why the pattern is this and not another. It is derived from the euclidean properties of geometry.

    If given enough time, any civilization will find this things, be cause they are out there for they to find.

    And what pisses me the most is framing it as something mythical, when its mathematical beauty doesnt need the presence of the supernatural.

  182. Abdul Alhazred

    August 24, 2023 at 4:04 pm

    The Kaballah ?

  183. TheCrossedTheRoadFund

    August 24, 2023 at 4:05 pm

    It just so happens the Penrose pattern existed 500 years before 😂

    And he was dubbed a Knight?! 😂😂😂😂

  184. marcianne AIKAU

    August 24, 2023 at 4:05 pm

    Gotta love pi!

  185. King Al

    August 24, 2023 at 4:19 pm

    😂😂😂

  186. Simon Renaud

    August 24, 2023 at 4:33 pm

    I understand his explanation that theses patterns represent a unity, but I believe he could have forgot to mention that theses patterns, wich are found in pretty much every culture through time,
    for example if you take the flower/seed of life, and apply it’s maths to the physics of our world, you can observe that everything including us, emanates from this geometry 😊

  187. aster0idblues

    August 24, 2023 at 4:38 pm

    It’s the tree of life

  188. Brylle justin Reforma

    August 24, 2023 at 4:46 pm

    Gay.

  189. Divine DNA

    August 24, 2023 at 4:55 pm

    Please tell me someone knows of the original true 12 dimensional universal Kathara grid. The 10 point structure is the distorted (not full story) created by the fallen beings reverse matrix agenda. All symbols have an encryption and are mathematical commands (scaler waves – influencing our DNA in a detrimental way for the unconscious being) depending on how spiritually conscious we are – we will pick up on these false teachings. The ppl teaching are not bad – they don’t know who’s behind the (partial truths) information. I have the flower of life tattoo – I discovered it’s really the “Daisy of Death” so I’ll be changing the imprint soon. Anyway – I’ve learned a lot from the guardians speaker one – Ashayana Deane – helping us remember who we are.

  190. Anton Allen

    August 24, 2023 at 4:57 pm

    Whilst in a psychedelic trip I was astounded to realize that everything I looked at was made up of fractal sacred geometry. It was so beautiful it reduced me to tears and am beginning to realize that there must me something far deeper and less understood about these beautiful designs. My quest for the truth continues.

  191. Ryan Jones

    August 24, 2023 at 5:06 pm

    Looks like a city design

  192. Morty Rickerson

    August 24, 2023 at 5:13 pm

    Sacred geometry and alan watts have helped me when im down

  193. URBN CTRL

    August 24, 2023 at 5:15 pm

    Its so mysterious, lets plunder the world to try and find the answer – Europeans

  194. Rated-R 2

    August 24, 2023 at 5:45 pm

    What’s your takeaway. Do not take away. Respect what life is. You cannot toy and act coy with the mentality of the devil.

  195. Kate Lambros

    August 24, 2023 at 6:39 pm

    🌀💜🔢🔑✨

  196. Sabre Stacey

    August 24, 2023 at 7:05 pm

    Read the ‘Bible Code’. It’s all plotted out with every twist, turn, and change. 👍Great TED talk, Mr. Moore!

  197. Tim Tempest

    August 24, 2023 at 7:09 pm

    He’s misleading you the Ka ba la deals with the souls ascent through the layers of microsm macrosm the lines represent the layers this is why it’s etched on the landscape of France cos it’s important..the Ka in you merges with the ba & later the la

  198. Mars Musk

    August 24, 2023 at 7:31 pm

    Brilliant fun method of explaining ❤THANKS

  199. Scott Buchanan

    August 24, 2023 at 7:55 pm

    Actually he stole the representation of the temple chest plate from Israel observances, they called them …

  200. The Revolution

    August 24, 2023 at 8:05 pm

    We’re becoming one again I can feel it 😊

  201. Beardly The Kind

    August 24, 2023 at 8:28 pm

    Is it crazy to use this pattern thinking in the same way the pyramids, no matter which ones, were built? A perfectly ordered chaos of no repeating but perfect patterns trying to mimic that cosmic pattern in 3 dimensions?

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