Interesting visual metaphorifying going on there. But could such similarities be "merely" the result of our limited minds having a limited repertoire of visual constructs we can make, so we tend to make the same types of pictures out of different sets of data simply because, well, we can't make anything else? our palette of possible images is only so large?
The potential of the human brain may be limitless....
On the other hand, the human brain might be total ghetto relative to what else is out there. Of course, that's one answer to the Fermi Paradox. Who goes to the zoo and tries to converse with the fruit flies in the Monkey House?
Tongue in Cheek --> It's like a large scale Mandelbrot set ... we don't see it because we are part of it. ... Ever notice how a large number of objects with similar characteristics grouped together exhibit characteristics when viewed as a whole that resemble the individual object? I assume that the reverse is also true.
To program or to not program, that is the question.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep ....
Tongue in Cheek --> It's like a large scale Mandelbrot set ... we don't see it because we are part of it. ... Ever notice how a large number of objects with similar characteristics grouped together exhibit characteristics when viewed as a whole that resemble the individual object? I assume that the reverse is also true.
The same mathematical patterns emerge at different scales because its the same mathematics! Those pictures look
like a striking example, one is self-assembly under an inverse-square law, the other self-assembly by cell growth, so
the similarity is mainly coincidental I think, the processes were very different, and the neurones are likely just a few
of a dense network most of which are unstained and thus invisible.
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On the other hand, the human brain might be total ghetto relative to what else is out there. Of course, that's one answer to the Fermi Paradox. Who goes to the zoo and tries to converse with the fruit flies in the Monkey House?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox
The total potential here must be nothing less than astronomical.
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1114/Forbidden-Planet/quotes.html
Erco, you fool, you meddling idiot. As though your ape's brain could contain the secrets of the Krell!sm
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep ....
As above, so below.
Are you insinuating that blondes don't have brains?
Oh... hey.... wait a second.... you mean.... Erco's not the blonde?
I wasn't aware of that. Cool.
Mike
like a striking example, one is self-assembly under an inverse-square law, the other self-assembly by cell growth, so
the similarity is mainly coincidental I think, the processes were very different, and the neurones are likely just a few
of a dense network most of which are unstained and thus invisible.