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Re: Colors of Infinity

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From: me...
Date: Sun, 08 Jun 1997 00:00
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In article <3399F0...@ath.forthnet.gr>, john gallidakis <jg...@ath.forthnet.gr> writes:

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>As a final remark, there are other agents which "convey" much more
>information than fractal patterns. Try Bach's music. Many people have
>made numerous efforts trying to exctract mathematical information from
>his fugues,  yet his compositions consistently defy any such attempts.
>Yet, it is plainly obvious that some of them are clearly "agents" of
>some sort of information.  Hofstader in his books tried to touch upon
>the subject, but with little success in my opinion.
>Same can be said of DNA. But progress is being made everyday, and
>someday will be able to decifer it completely. As for Bach's music, I
>really doubt it.
>
So do I.  But, It doesn't need to be decifered.  It exists and we can 
listen to it.  Nobody can ask for more.

Mati Meron                      | "When you argue with a fool,
me...@cars.uchicago.edu         |  chances are he is doing just the same"
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