Ifthe ratio is higherthan that, the densest possiblepackrequiresthatsome of thespheres pack in the middlewithouttouching the cylinder'swalls, and that is "morecomplicated," Chan says.
Those areas, however, are primarily in the economic and social spheres and the sorts of changes that would result (higher taxes on the wealthy, higher spending on social services) would make most people in the West go batty.