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Fractal of the Day
by Jim Muth
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Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: Today's image is an outzoom of the 'Golden Rectangle' image of January 18, which is a scene in a Julia set of the formula Z^(2.003)+C. I even went so far as to reuse the color palette from that image. The original rectangle is still intact, quite visible at the point where the arms branch off from the main figure. This fractal area and color palette also appeared in the 'Mainline Railroad' image of January 19, where we examined the Mandelbrot aspect of the scene. I named today's image "Hip-Hopping Figure". This does not imply that I enjoy the so-called 'music' which goes by that name. In fact I would never listen to it. The name was chosen because the central figure resembles a person caught up in a wild twisting dance. The image has a lively, joyous feeling to it, which earns a rating of 7. When the rating is adjusted for the render time of just under 2 minutes, the overall worth equals an impressive 377. All this rating stuff can be bypassed by downloading the completed GIF image from the FOTD web site at: I might devote the month of February to exploration of this particular area of the Z^(2.003)+C Julibrot. We'll see how it goes. I now reach the point in my philosophical journey where I must move on and leave behind common sense and the security of scientific acceptance. It is a difficult step to take, for the area beyond is filled with pitfalls, but if I am to solve the puzzles I have raised, I must venture into the wilderness beyond the common-sense view of the world. Common sense is what we learn in earliest childhood. It is the rational response to the images we perceive in our mind as a result of the input of our senses. Common sense tells us that we are insignificant biological entities existing in a vast, unconscious and indifferent universe, which exists 'out there' totally separate from ourselves. No 'sensible' person would deny this. Any personal significance to the universe that we might assume we possess is a fantasy, invented by us to bring comfort in time of distress. Common sense tells us that our senses act as windows through which we observe the actual outer world. By observation of the fate of others we see that we will exist for a limited time only, and when we are gone the world will go on existing without us as certainly as it continues after others are gone and as certainly as it existed before we appeared. This view makes perfect sense, but the inability to see through it and to realize that what we find beyond is not fantasy is the cause of the unsolvable paradoxes that so often arise. When I discuss my ideas with so-called 'psychics', my ideas are wrongly taken as scientific proof that their particular beliefs are true. When I discuss my ideas with true religious believers, I am accused of being an Atheist. When I discuss my ideas with intelligent people, I am usually accused of making too much of the oddities of relativity and the quantum. I am told that the strangeness of the very large and very small does not translate over into the mid-sized world of everyday experience. When I discuss my ideas with skeptics, I am accused of being just another new-age science basher, or just another dreamy-eyed wishful-thinking believer in the supernatural, with too little understanding of science to realize that the physical universe is the ultimate reality, and the supernatural is constantly being shown to be unnecessary. The problem here is that I do realize that the things I am about to say appear non-sensical, yet I have been led to the nonsense by the discoveries of science itself. It is only with true 'mystics' that I might be able to converse in mutual understanding. Unfortunately, I know no true mystics. In the next philofractal discussion, to appear in a few days, we will start discussing my solutions to the problems and paradoxes of human existence. A cloudy cold (34F 1C) day on Thursday here at Fractal Central kept the fractal cats outdoor time limited to two brief trips to the holly thicket, where the birds were finishing off the last of the holly berries. Both times when I called them, they came without hesitation. Their evening was uneventful. This morning is starting bright and sunny but, at a temperature of 14F -10C, it is quite cold. It will not be the best of days for the dynamic duo. For me the work is about average, which means anywhere from three to eight hours, depending on how efficient I am. Then it's back to the world of fractals. Until next FOTD, take care, and be lively. Jim Muth jamth@mindspring.com jimmuth@aol.com |
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