Not to mention, simpler patterns reminiscent of the output of some iterative cellular automata do show up in nature.
See http://www.wolframscience.com/nksonline/page-423 for an example of sea-shell patterns that look an awful lot like some of the patterns in his book A New Kind of Science. On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 4:26 PM, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
