On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]>wrote:
> Statistically, shouldn't we see this simple 1K sequence frequently in > nature? I mean precisely. Shouldn't there be hundreds of species of beetle > that have patterns on their backs which are derived exclusively from the > Mandelbot set. > There's nothing special about the Mandelbrot Set, it's just the first example found where huge complexity can be generated from very little. And if you want to see what can be done with a 400 meg file just look in a mirror, that's about the size of the human genome; you could burn the entire thing onto a CD and still have room for 100 pop songs from iTunes. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
