Threesology Research Journal: A Study of the Threes phenomena
The 64 Grid
(also, "The Almost Three")



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I have worked from time to time on this idea so references are scattered in multiple pages. I will make an attempt to compile the assortment onto this page, but can not say how ultimately successful I will be in the completion of gathering each and every remark. Plainly stated, the "64 Grid" is the rather simple observation that the value "64" reveals itself to an accompaniment in chess, checkers, the I ching, amino acids, and to lesser or greater extents in truth tables, hopscotch, quilts, Mandalas, and multiple other venues of exploration.

Here is one such reference where I made correlations involving the 2-3-4 pattern, listed in the old Devil's Advocate series:

The 64 grid of checkers and chess with related correlations

However, the "grid" does not have to be in squares since any geometric form will suffice such as spirals, including the seeming absence of geometry or even a physical model of representation.

If you double the 64 you get 128 then doubled again it is 256, etc... Lesser variations can take on any number lower than 64. Hence, we have a three-part spread or configuration we can work with to be the more conclusive in drawing attention to the idea of the human mind working with grids, or a type of graph paper layout. Whether Nature does this so-called naturally or it is an artifact of human doodling, I don't actually know. Nonetheless, what is to be said is that I have encountered different people who supply different levels of importance to their usage of the 64 though it is actually a simple idea created by overlapping one or more ideas from select forms of knowledge. For example, if a person thinks chess is representative of great intelligence and they compare its playing field with the knowledge of amino acids which they also think is due to some superior knowledge, then the combination of the ideas is viewed as a multiplicative factor of yet a greater knowledge being expressed because they made mention of the connection.

The problem with this logic is that both chess and amino acids are elementary knowledge considerations and that multiple people have the same observation. While they may not commit themselves to plying the two ideas together into a more comprehensive illustration, the application of energy expenditure and memorization of the resulting particulars should not be given as much weight as an indicator of someone's presumed superior intelligence. Some people simply do not want to waste time on either subject or play some model of mental hopscotch or alternative chess laid out on paper. Because different types of chess pieces have been used in different centuries, one must question the value of substituting the pieces with yet more alternative types of pieces such as numerical symbols or words, or colors, or sounds or smells, or electrical charges, or vibrations, or runic characters, etc...

Yet, this is what we humans do, and so must work on this page in a piece-meal fashion (from time to time).

As for the sub-title "Almost three", it refers to my encounter with various patterns-of-three that are either more or less and can represent a "ball park figure", so long as the ball park is a small one, as suggested by the old idea that "over the fence" meant to hit a ball over 300 feet.

What I am pointing out is that when dealing with reference to "3", where does one set the limits of inclusion for a given example? If we are adamant about use of the "3" as a distinct definitive, than only those examples which are defined as an actual three/3 can be included. However, the human mind appears to view the "3" in terms of approximations, a little less, a little more, and including an exact 3... as far as we can measure the idea of exactness.

While I have included the following examples as representative "threes" examples, I don't want to be accused of playing at numerology without acknowledging an effort to circumvent any apparent application to my listings. In other words, let me fully acknowledge that some examples may exceed a strict value of "3" but this appears to be a recurring theme of cognitive content, and thus may constitute a variable that most overlook or take for granted, when it should at th every least be made mention of.

  • The temperature of outer space is "about" 3 degrees kelvin.
  • Mathematical Pi is 3.14....
  • The Human brain averages around 3 pounds.
  • The length of 3 barley corn seeds used to be the English inch.
  • The average stride of an adult person is about 3 feet.
  • A baseball bat can average 3 feet in length. (Measuring stuff)
  • Orange Traffic cones are 3 feet tall: How long is 3 feet?
  • Waist height of common person is 3 feet high
  • Door nob holes typically are drilled 3 feet from the floor.
  • Two versus Three hinges debate
  • A fast food restaurant combo-meal typically is 3 items.
  • 3 inches in length was at one time viewed a common military haircut.
  • Parents sometimes use an approximated 1-2-3 count for instructing children.
  • 3 to 1 ratios are a commonly overlooked theme of cognitive activity.
  • Less than 3 is too little and more than 3 is too much.
  • 3rd World War (Time and date still being approximated).
  • 15 Examples of Things That Are 3 Feet Tall
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