TOK speech - Does experience with mathematics influence perception of beauty?

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V: So, using mathematics to describe and better understand our perception of beauty in nature is not only an interesting endeavour, but one that can help us create beautiful and sustainable designs based on nature. Imagine a solar panel having the same design as the arrangement of leaves in a Fibonacci sequence. Not only would that be visually awesome, it could provide an answer to using solar panels as a main source of energy. Mathematics and nature is all around us, so putting them together in design would make something incredible.

A: Although we have discussed at length about mathematics, and how it is beautiful, our high school education does not teach actual mathematics. Our learning consists of arithmetic and computational math. So what right do we have to talk about mathematics and its beauty?

Does experience with mathematics influence perception of beauty?

Show picture of nature and picture of mathematical formula

Ask class which is beautiful, and which is easier to perceive as beautiful.

V: There is much beauty in nature, and we can all recognize it without any mathematical training. Mathematical beauty, however, may only be