; Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:42:37 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 06-10-07 (Iteration Essence [8]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20071005194332.0da7d1d2@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 06, 2007 (Rating 8) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; The fractal part of today's discussion will be a bit short. I ; found a magazine article this afternoon that got my philosophi- ; cal juices flowing, and I decided to say my piece at the end of ; today's fractal discussion. Those who are bored by philosophy ; should stop reading at the FOTD web-site address. ; ; Today's image is from the same parent that gave us the past two ; days images. Today I checked the right edge of the parent ; circle, not far from the X-axis. After a rather difficult ; search, I found a tiny, well-hidden minibrot, which appears at ; the center of today's image. ; ; When calculating the fractal, I used only the default coloring ; method, with the outside set to equal-iteration bands. The ; entire color effect was achieved with the Fractint coloring ; screen. ; ; After very little pondering, I named the image "Iteration ; Essence". It makes little sense, but then neither does modern ; physics. Since I think the image is notably above average, I ; rated it at an 8. ; ; The calculation time is only 44 seconds. Even on a slow old war- ; horse unit the image finishes in 4 minutes. But the best way of ; all to enjoy the image is to go to the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; and see it there, already calculated. ; ; On the philosophical side, I happened to glance at a copy of ; 'Scientific American' magazine this afternoon, and found yet ; another article speculating on how the neurons of the brain ; produce self-awareness. I merely skimmed the article, but its ; point appeared to be the same as all the mechanism-of-self- ; awareness articles I have read. ; ; Researchers are still debating how the electrochemical activity ; of neurons produces consciousness, but there are lots of pretty ; pictures of brain activity in the article, and some unconvincing ; hypotheses. Despite the mystery, the researchers claim they are ; making progress toward a better understanding of the biological ; and neurological processes involved. ; ; When will these 'scientists' get the point? The answer has been ; staring them in the face for decades. Neurobiology seems stuck ; in a century-old world view. If something is coming out of some- ; thing, something must be going in. Even a successfully reproduc- ; ing species of artificially intelligent computers would need the ; input of human intelligence to get its ancestors started. ; ; The neurons of our brains must have some input, as yet unknown ; to science, and change it into intelligent self-awareness in ; much the same manner as the circuits of a television receiver ; change the incoming encoded electromagnetic energy into the out- ; put that we see as an intelligent program. How futile it would ; be to study the activity of the circuitry inside a television ; receiver for the source of the intelligent program, while being ; unaware of the electromagnetic input. ; ; Enough philosophy. Friday turned out to be another midsummer ; day in mid-autumn here at Fractal Central, with a temperature ; of 86F 30C, hot sun and high humidity. The fractal cats again ; spent the day stretched out under the air-conditioner. ; ; My day was satisfactorily busy, the way I wish every day could ; be. The next FOTD fractal will be posted in 24 hours. Until ; then, take care, and don't think about thought too much. 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