Re: Colors of Infinity

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From: ca314159
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 1997 00:00

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David B. Greene wrote:
> 

> My own feeling is that all of this is just a little too mystical for a
> mathematical function.  It seems that humans try to find patterns where
> none exist.  

   Mandelbrot also generalized Zipf's law which was subsequently missapplied
   to indicate hidden information in DNA and intelligent messages from outer space.

   When you do compress the "random" patterns what are you left with ?
   Something -more- random or something less random ?
   Are there kinds of randomness as there are kinds of infinities ?

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Date: 1997/06/07
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