Jbrustrom wrote:
And here I just thought I took a rather interesting photo of three geese balancing themselves against the wind, spaced evenly apart! Yes, what are the odds?
It can be simply intuitive. All the rules probably originated with one guy with too much time on his hands. Rather than taking up a hobby, he said to no one in particular, "I think I'll take a random thought and make it into a "rule" that all who follow me will abide by. Yeah, that's the ticket!"