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Listen, Susan. It's a valid theory, just look at the damn thing. (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

🤔 This is honestly evidence that the universe is mathematical, that the shapes of trees and mountains are formed under similar mathematical rules despite being different sizes and materials.

Like galaxy formation and brain cells also look similar and that's ostensibly the reason why so it stands to reason why this would be a thing.

[–] NoSpiritAnimal 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember someone posting a Neil Degrasse Tyson video and he was interviewing a guy talking about finding equations at the root of the physical world.

Neil seemed blown away, but isn't mathematics just our interpretation of the natural laws of the universe?

Like reading Cliff's Notes and then the actual book and saying "hey these are similar!"

[–] MycoBro 2 points 1 year ago

Good job with pointing that out. I think you are correct. I still feel the same wonder at it though. Gets me right in the pickle. I like to think about tree “experience” and stuff too. So many different ways to be and do in this universe. Understanding the world through math is batshit wild and I wonder what method a giant armillaria mellea uses to understand the world.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

fractals baby, it's all procedurally generated here in the matrix.

and there's a valid query regarding the world as simulation. but to take the leap from 'this geology shares properties similar to this stump' to 'damn, that was a big tree that grew out in the middle of this desert.... well that takes drugs kids.