Fractals, and chaos theory, are among the coolest things I know about. (So much so that I wanted to own the domains strangeattractor.[com/org/net], but they were taken.) Besides, I love the word "self-similar"; it's the sort that's easy to visualize, but causes doubletakes when really used.
I think fractals are almost the defining characteristic of "natural"; there's very little in nature that fits Euclidean geometric definitions, but fractals describe the world without breaking a sweat.
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Date: 2008-11-07 01:52 pm (UTC)I think fractals are almost the defining characteristic of "natural"; there's very little in nature that fits Euclidean geometric definitions, but fractals describe the world without breaking a sweat.