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Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
Fractals
are one of
the greatest mysteries, but perhaps the greatest mystery of all is the
human brain, which by some strange coincidence is brought to mind by
today's image.
The other day on one of those pop-neuro-science shows on TV, I heard
the statement that 'you are your brain'. This sounds harmless
enough as long as one does not think too deeply about it, but the
deeper one thinks, the less sense the statement makes. If I
*am*
my brain, as neuro-science claims, and I *have* a brain, which is a
fact, then it is stated that my brain has a brain, which makes no sense
at all, since there is only one brain. Just what is this
mysterious 'I' that has a brain? Maybe the implication is
that
the 'I' in question is a mere illusion generated by my brain, which
would mean the illusion has a brain. Or maybe the illusion is
having an illusion of having a brain. Or maybe we should
simply
state that my brain *is* my brain. Where the heck has reality
gone? I thought science was based on reason and common sense.
Until neuro-science can get its act together and make clear the process
of the generation of self-awareness from unconscious meat, the brain
will likely remain the greatest mystery. Since today's image
rather resembles a brain, I have named it "The Greatest Mystery".
Almost as non-sensical as the world of neuro-science is the world of
the fourth spatial dimension, which exists in the world of mathematics,
though not in the world of 'reality', makes even less sense.
Today's image is a near-Julia scene along the X-axis at the eastern
edge of the main bay of the (-Z)^(2.5)+C Mandeloid. It is a
four-dimensional scene, since it is double-rotated 1 degree and 1
degree from the exact Julia orientation, and double rotation (around
two totally perpendicular axis planes) is not possible in 3-D space.
The image, with its two hemispheres, is very close to being a fractal
tree. A different view might have made it a tree.
But it is
not quite close enough to justify a tree-like name.
Even with all the image's color and all the reality and illusion talk,
I could give the image a rating no higher than a 7.
Clouds, occasional showers and a cooler temperature of 63F 17C
prevailed here at Fractal Central today. The fractal cats
checked
the conditions early, then decided to take it easy. With FL
feeling a bit under the weather, the humans simply took it easy.
The next FOTD will be posted in a reasonable time. Until
whenever, take care, and the distance between two objects is determined
by the amount of empty space between them. But empty space is
nothing, so how is it possible to have more or less of nothing?
Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net
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