[HN Gopher] New study disproves Leonardo da Vinci's 'rule of trees'
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       New study disproves Leonardo da Vinci's 'rule of trees'
        
       Author : wglb
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2023-09-20 01:23 UTC (21 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | Izkata wrote:
       | Misleading title, the article body goes on to say that a
       | different rule other people came up with, that was an assumption
       | based on Leonardo da Vinci's rule, is the one that's been
       | disproven. Says nothing about his actual rule.
        
         | heyoni wrote:
         | Isn't it also incredibly easy to prove Leonardo's tree rule
         | just by cutting down a few?
        
           | bgirard wrote:
           | You can't prove something by example, you can only show that
           | the pattern holds for the examples that you've checked.
        
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