I would say computers were the tool that allowed us to see it, like a microscope allowed us to see bacteria, and a telescope stars.
On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 3:14 PM, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/17/2012 10:36 AM, Terren Suydam wrote: > > Rex, > > Do you have a non-platonist explanation for the "discovery" of the > Mandelbrot set and the infinite complexity therein? How can you make > sense of that in terms of the constructivist point of view > > > How can you make sense of it otherwise. The Mandelbrot set is only > interesting because it became possible to construct it by use of computers. > > Brent > > > that you > are (I think) compelled to take if you argue against arithmetical > platonism? It seems obvious that all possible intelligences would > discover the same forms of the Mandelbrot so long as they iterated on > z' = z^2 + c, but maybe I am missing the point of your argument. > > Terren > > > -- > 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.
