Number three. The third number of the counting system that we are using nowadays. It is also the number with the greatest number of phenomena that we do not normally notice.
To prove this point, let us consider the world of dimensions. A meter signifies length, a square meter is an area, and a cubic meter is a volume or otherwise known as space. The logic stops when a cubic meter is again raised to obtain a quadratic meter.
Another thing is the root extraction of a polynomial. When a polynomial reaches a degree of three, an exact root is methodically impossible. Three can compute the three main trigonometric functions manually if and only when the angle is divisible by three. See?
More mathematical three vitalities occur in nature. This is maybe due to the fact that the world uses base 10 as the standard system in the quantitative aspect of its nature. The question is, do all this phenomena be resolved if we will use base three in return?
Outside mathematics, number three is indeed very special. Its best example is the Holy Trinity and the Holy Family. An atom consists of three parts-proton, neutron, and electron-that compose the building blocks of matter. The three kings, three stooges, three musketeers, three little pigs, and the three blind mice do share their own threes. Three-cky, isn't it?
Did you count the primary colors, the levels of our formal education, and the number of times we eat everyday? Check our country's history, how many foreign invaders colonized our country and how many EDSA People Power Revolution did we have? Now, tell me, how many times you used and encountered titles, phrases, and sentences, such as I love you, I hate you, Just for you, God loves you, Beware of Dogs, and Rest in Peace. Music and comedy trios like the TLC, Allure, Bee Gees, and the Apo Hiking Society; and movie and television trilogies like X-Files, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings come in threes.
According to the Holy Bible, there are three Christian virtues that we should possess: faith, hope, and charity. Charity means love. Love alone is related to hundreds of three. For example, a love triangle composed of three parties and the third one is the villain of the first two. The third may be a male or a female but not of the third sex.
We live in a simple, satisfying, and appropriate world coupled with strings of threes. But according to psychics, the third world war will be the cause of destruction of the third planet in the solar system. What a way to end the air, land, and water of our beloved planet (This article was written with Leonardo A. Lanante).
