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Originally Posted by kerry edwards
all displacement boats hulls have a hull speed of 1.34 x square root of the waterline length. So, it seems that 1.34 has a causal role in the speed of the boat you are sailing.
My view in the other thread, was if there was room for divine activity in the universe it was for action similar to the action of 1.34 since we obviously don't observe divine causes.
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did the number 1.34 just pop into someones head or did someone 'derive' that number from a series of equasions? and the number 1.34 itself: does it mean anything in the context you are using it in without multiplying it by the square root of the length of the waterline of the boat or boats in question? these are numbers being manipulated in a certain sequence in order to order things. the number 1.34 might just as well mean the average number of goals in youth hockey tornament in moose jaw, saskatchewan, or anything else. it is obviously an important number, i just don't think it 'does' anything independent of its use.