; Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:00:27 -0500 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 28-10-02 (Moth-Eaten Midget [4]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20021028100210.391f5656@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; FOTD -- October 28, 2002 (Rating 4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; In a recent FOTD I speculated about a "Theory of 'Everything'". ; The next day I received a private e-mail directing me to a web ; site, where an article about theories of everything is posted. ; (The article is posted as a graphic image rather than text, so ; it took a long time to download.) Basically, it is an article ; about multi-worlds theories. The problem is that the conditions ; making self-aware life possible in our world are so unlikely ; that it is almost impossible for them to have arisen by chance. ; ; One way out of the dilemma is to theorize a creator or a 'God' ; who intentionally designed and fine-tuned the world so that life ; could arise and thrive in it. But this is not really a way out ; at all, because we immediately ask how the 'God' came to be. ; Another answer is to posit the existence of a near infinity of ; equally real worlds. Every world that could possibly exist, act- ; ually does exist. It is then no surprise that we find ourselves ; in a world where life is possible. How could it be otherwise? ; ; But even here there are problems. Can a world actually be said ; to exist if it contains no self-aware observers to be aware of ; it? The realization of the possibility of observer-created ; reality is nothing new. And if the observation creates the ; reality, what of the worlds I and most others observe in our ; dreams, especially our lucid dreams? While we are dreaming, ; these worlds can be as real and solid to us as the physical ; world is when we are awake. ; ; I doubt that a scientist who wants to be taken seriously would ; claim that dreams are real adventures in other real worlds. But ; where is the difference? If we claim that dream worlds are ; really only brain activity, we must then answer the question of ; what the physical world processes such as atoms, the universe, ; and brain activity really are. We need a theory of everything ; to completely explain anything. In the end, having gone in a ; circle, we are right back where we started. The final 'theory ; of everything' would appear to be a long way off. ; ; I see that my discussion has wandered rather far from the topic. ; No harm has been done, however, for today's fractal is sub-par, ; and I needed a distraction from its deficiency. (On some days, ; you just can't find a good fractal.) ; ; Today's image adds Z^10 to Z, then adds just plain C. The ; resulting parent fractal is a nondescript circle with 9 bays. ; Most bays are non-critical, and hold little of interest, but a ; small critical area does appear on the WNW shoreline. This ; small area is full of holes however. It is so filled with holes ; that it actually appears moth-eaten. Today's midget, which lies ; in a spurious valley where two arms intersect, is equally ; moth-eaten. And that is the name I gave to it. ; ; In an attempt to pump a bit of life into the image, I rendered ; it with the outside set to < tdis >. This option helps a ; little, but not much. It raised the rating from 3 to 4. ; ; The render time of 17 minutes, even with passes=t, is no help at ; all. Few will be willing to wait that long to see an inferior ; image. But most, I hope, will give Paul and Scott a few minutes ; to render the image, and then go to their FOTD web pages at: ; ; ; ; and: ; ; ; ; and download the completed GIF image from there. ; ; The Sunday weather here at Fractal Central was all one could ask ; for. The sun shone, the sky was blue, and the temperature was ; 66F 19C. The fractal cats approved heartily by spending several ; midday hours in the yard, doing nothing much but watching the ; surrounding activity. At one time, a stray cat appeared in the ; bushes. The dynamic duo leaped up and were ready for a fight, ; but the stray wisely moved on. ; ; Today, Monday, is starting with clouds and sprinkles of rain. ; The cats will be complaining about that. And I'll be complain- ; ing until the work is finished, (but not very loudly). Until ; tomorrow's FOTD, take care, and perhaps nothing but fractals are ; real. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE================================ Moth-Eaten_Midget { ; time=0:17:06.06--SF5 on a P200 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=ident passes=t center-mag=-0.06995406148780703/+0.081330562392528\ 81/7770587/1/160/-1.97983129196499519e-009 params=-1/1/-1/10/0/0 float=y maxiter=1200 inside=255 outside=tdis periodicity=10 sound=off colors=000hTbiUejWhkXklYnm_qn`toawpbzmcwjdtgeqdena\ fkZghWgeThbQi_NjXKjUHkRElOClMLfMUaMaXMjSMrNMpPMnQM\ mRMkTMiUMhVMfWMdYMcZMa_M_aMZbMXcMWdMUcPSbSRbUPaXOa\ ZM`aK_dJ_fHZiGZkEYnCXqBXs9Wv8WxOVvbUtqUsrNusHvtBxu\ 5yq7tn8pjAlgBhdCdeBfeBgeAieAjf9lf9mf8of8pf7rg7sg6u\ g6vg5xg5yh8wiBujEskGqlJomMmmOknRioUgpXeqZcraasd_sf\ YpeXmdWkcWhbVebVcaU``UY_TW_TUZUTZURZUQZUOZUNYVLYVK\ YVIYVHYVFXWEXWCXWBXWAXWLccVijdpqnvxluwjuwhuwftwdtw\ ctwasw_swYswWrwUrwTrw_kufdtlZrsSqyMpvNosNopNonNnkN\ nhNnfOmcOm`OmZOlWOlTOlROlTNiUMfVMcWL`XLZWMVVMSVNOU\ NLTNHTOESOASO7UPBWPFYPI_PMaPQcPTePXgP`iPckPgmPkoPn\ ZHjIAf23c58e8CgBGiELkHPmJToMXqPasSeuViwXmyVnvUnsTn\ pSnmRnjQngOodNoaMoZLoWKoTJoQMlSPiTSfUUcWX`X_YYaVZ`\ YY``Y`cY_eY_hY_kY_mYbi`eebhadkYgmUipQksMnvIpxFrxGo\ xHlxIixIfxJcxK`xLYxLVxMSxNPxOMxOKwQMvROuSPtTRtVTsW\ UrXWqYYpZZp``oabnbcmceK0P } frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < l } ; END PARAMETER FILE================================== ; ;