; Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:12:59 -0400 ; ; To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com ; ; From: Jim Muth ; Reply-To: Fractint and General Fractals Discussion ; ; ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 07-04-08 (Fractal Mark of Doom [6]) ; ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20080406231524.2abf1624@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- April 07, 2008 (Rating 6) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; One of the most accessible interpretations of the quantum ; weirdness is the idea of multiple universes with multiple ; versions of everything and everyone. But this raises a question ; that I have never been able to answer. Are those other versions ; of myself (and everyone else) really conscious, and if they are, ; who are they? Are they identical twins who are constantly ; popping into existence complete with my stored memories, and if ; so, how do I know that I am not merely a twin that popped into ; existence a second or so ago, complete with a brain filled with ; the memories of the original me, who or what ever that might be? ; ; And at the other extreme, if those other versions of myself are ; not conscious, then what is the difference? Also, if some ; supposedly conscious people in alternate worlds are not in fact ; conscious, how many assumed conscious people in this world are ; not actually conscious? Finally, perhaps I am the only con- ; scious being in this entire universe. (Solipsism?) ; ; It is pathetically laughable to see intelligent and rational ; scientists twisting themselves into such knots as multiple ; universes to explain something that simply does not and can not ; fit into the classical world-view. I find the concept of a near- ; infinity of different versions of myself and everyone else in ; multiple universes a prime example of 'clutching at straws'. ; And IMO, when reason and logic lead to such an absurdity, it is ; a sure sign that something monumentally important has been wrong ; right from the start of the scientific method. It seems as ; though science is determined to self-destruct. If so, I wish it ; a pleasant journey. ; ; As for today's fractal, it was rendered with the outside set to ; 'fmod', and the initials of the name, "Fractal Mark of Doom", ; spell out that option. ; ; The scene lies in the Z^(1.99)+C Mandeloid as it appears 0.9 ; levels up the logarithmic ladder, where it is rotated about 100 ; degrees, so that the large period-3 north bud intersects the ; positive X-axis, which in this case is a line of discontinuity. ; Today's scene is located in the area of this intersection. The ; bailout radius of 1.79 is critical. ; ; The rating of a 6 seems about right. The picture really isn't ; all that great. The calculation time of just over 1 minute will ; give no one impatience. And the finished image is posted on the ; FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Sunday turned into the best day so far this spring here at ; Fractal Central, as full sun, gentle breezes and a temperature ; of 61F 16C combined to bring pleasure to all, including the ; fractal cats, who spent an unusually long time in the afternoon ; sun. ; ; As for me, I did as little work as possible, trying to ignore ; the grass, which is starting to turn green, but is still a ; couple weeks from trimming stage. The next FOTD will appear in ; 24 hours, give or take a few. Until then, take care, and would ; the real me please stand up. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= FractalMarkOf_Doom { ; time=0:01:06.42-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotBC3 function=ident center-mag=+0.93654970565216/+0.0000009491899/\ 9.489796e+008/1/112.5/0 params=1.99/0/0.9/-98.31 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 proximity=0.1412 outside=fmod periodicity=10 colors=000cIQeJQgKQiLRkMRmNRoOSpPSrQStRTvSTxTTzUUz\ VUzWUzXVzYVzZTzYVzXXzWZzW_xVauUcrTeoTflShjRjgQldQm\ aPoZOqXNsUNtRMvOLxLKzHJzJKzLLzMMzONzQOzRPyTQyVQyWR\ xYSxZTw`UwbVwcWveWvgXvhYujZul_um`toatpbsrbstcsudrw\ eryfrzgqzhqzlszhqzeozamzZkzWizSgzPfzLdzIbzF`zBZz8X\ z5Wz6Vz7Vz8Vy9Vy9VyAVxBVxCVxCUwDUwEUwFUvFUvGUvHUuI\ UuITuJTtKTtLTtLTsMTsNTsOTyIPsOTnUXi__dec_kgTqkVpjX\ oiYnh_mgalfbkedjefidghcigbkfale`nd_k`Xoc_sfawhdzkf\ zmhzjfzgezdczabzpWz_azJfz3ky5jw7iv9htBgrCfqEeoGdmI\ clJcjLbhNagP`eQ_dSZbUY`WX_XXYZWW`VVbUTcTReSQbROdQM\ fPNeQNdQNcRObRObROcSPcSPbTPaTDeVP`T`XRlTPxPNzLLzOM\ zQNzSNyUOwWOuZPr`QpbQndRkfRiiSgkTdmTboU_rT`qUaqVbq\ WcqWdqXeqYfqYgqZhp_ip_jp`kpalpampbnpcopcpodqoerofs\ oftoguohvohwoixnjynjznkznlznlznmznnzqqznnzllxjiugg\ reepcbm``jZYgXWdUUaSR_QPXNMULKRJIOGFLEDHE9MHBOJCQL\ DSMEPPGQTHSXIT`JVdKWgMYkN } frm:MandelbrotBC3 { ; by several Fractint users e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100 p=real(p2)+PI q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI)) r=real(p2)+PI-q Z=C=Pixel: Z=log(Z) IF(imag(Z)>r) Z=Z+flip(2*PI) ENDIF Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C |Z|