[jgershen]

Thanks for submitting this. After seeing the article that claimed the design of the iCloud icon was brilliant because it included Fibonacci ratios, I desperately wanted to nail this article to the (other) author's monitor.

Whenever I see that kind of unjustifiable Fibonacci-worship, I get the same feeling I do when I read creation myths or just-so stories. It honestly hurt the first time I read the truth, and realized I was taught many of the outlandish claims this author points out as fact in grade school math classes.

[cormullion]

They were just fibbing.

[mathattack]

I agree. Most books and articles on Fibonacci love don't provide enough data to verify the claims. I find the sequence fascinating, but I hold my wallet when someone claims they use it to predict the stock market.