--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > A connected article from this one, about the > > 'holographic universe' [on page 2], reports that > > "information capacity depends on surface area." > > > This is nice, but it's an _approximation_. The > surface > of the brain is not a mathematical surface, because > it's made of dots - the cells. In a macroscopic > approximation, the surface of the brain can be > considered a fractal surface, and fractals have the > amazing property that a finite volume can contain > a surface of infinite area. > > Rigorously, the analogy of area and volume [resp. > 2D and 3D measures of size] when applied to > fractals are things with (n)-D, where 2 < n < 3. > > Getting back to approximations, it's something like > "the surface of my brain measures 0.014 > meters^(5/2)"
An' that's why I referred to 'thinking in images' and pointed out that high-level math hurts my brain... ;) Cool about fractals and the finite holding an infinite! That would make a good song, I think. Fractals In The Night Maru (exchanging leptons?) :) Gotta String Around My Finger Maru __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
