[HN Gopher] New study disproves Leonardo da Vinci's 'rule of trees' ___________________________________________________________________ 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) (HTM) web link (phys.org) (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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-09-20 23:00 UTC)