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Why would the golden ratio be aesthetically pleasing to humans?
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October 15, 2005

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Aaron Meskin
October 17, 2005 (changed October 17, 2005) Permalink

I'm not convinced that the golden ratio really is aesthetically pleasing to humans. See a special issue of Empirical Studies of the Arts (Volume Fifteen, Issue Two), 1997, which has a number of articles in it that challenge the idea that the Golden Ratio (or Golden Section) is really pleasing/preferred.

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