It seems to be a connection between personal and the mysterious that I can't make.
This will probably be very unsatisfying to you, but you might take a look at this:
http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/mandelbrot04/mandelbrot04_index.html
And think of it this way:
Basic Geometry gaves us a model of the world in polygons.
The Calculus gave us a model of the world in smooth curves.
Fractals give us a model of the world that is rough but ordered in disorder.
So what will the next level of insight give us?
And shouldn't we always imagine that there will be another?
I believe there's an irreducible indeterminacy in the relationship between reality and our thought-world, so mystery and possibility are always there. I don't know if that seems "real" enough for you, but I can live with it.
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:46 PM, martin <mschiller at pobox.com> wrote:
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> On Aug 28, 2008, at 4:02 PM, boddi satva wrote:
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>> I think the unknown is information.
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> Only when it becomes 'known'. The unknown remains the same.
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> I was trying to avoid the god word by substituting 'greater power'.
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> Can't 'get away with much' here.
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> martin
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