; Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 09:08:41 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 06-10-12 (The Greatest Mystery [7]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20121007091252.2bcf7e4e@earthlink.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- October 06, 2012 (Rating 7) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Fractals are one of the greatest mysteries, but perhaps the ; greatest mystery of all is the human brain, which by some ; strange coincidence is brought to mind by today's image. ; ; The other day on one of those pop-neuro-science shows on TV, I ; heard the statement that 'you are your brain'. This sounds ; harmless enough as long as one does not think too deeply about ; it, but the deeper one thinks, the less sense the statement ; makes. If I *am* my brain, as neuro-science claims, and I ; *have* a brain, which is a fact, then it is stated that my brain ; has a brain, which makes no sense at all, since there is only ; one brain. Just what is this mysterious 'I' that has a brain? ; Maybe the implication is that the 'I' in question is a mere ; illusion generated by my brain, which would mean the illusion ; has a brain. Or maybe the illusion is having an illusion of ; having a brain. Or maybe we should simply state that my brain ; *is* my brain. Where the heck has reality gone? I thought ; science was based on reason and common sense. ; ; Until neuro-science can get its act together and make clear the ; process of the generation of self-awareness from unconscious ; meat, the brain will likely remain the greatest mystery. Since ; today's image rather resembles a brain, I have named it "The ; Greatest Mystery". ; ; Almost as non-sensical as the world of neuro-science is the ; world of the fourth spatial dimension, which exists in the world ; of mathematics, though not in the world of 'reality', makes even ; less sense. Today's image is a near-Julia scene along the ; X-axis at the eastern edge of the main bay of the (-Z)^(2.5)+C ; Mandeloid. It is a four-dimensional scene, since it is double- ; rotated 1 degree and 1 degree from the exact Julia orientation, ; and double rotation (around two totally perpendicular axis ; planes) is not possible in 3-D space. ; ; The image, with its two hemispheres, is very close to being a ; fractal tree. A different view might have made it a tree. But ; it is not quite close enough to justify a tree-like name. ; ; Even with all the image's color and all the reality and illusion ; talk, I could give the image a rating no higher than a 7. ; ; The calculation time of 3-1/4 minutes is within reason, though ; the web sites are more reasonable. ; ; For total reason, check the finished image online at: ; ; ; ; A rendering in hi-def is available at: ; ; ; ; The back images are at: ; ; ; ; Clouds, occasional showers and a cooler temperature of 63F 17C ; prevailed here at Fractal Central today. The fractal cats ; checked the conditions early, then decided to take it easy. ; With FL feeling a bit under the weather, the humans simply took ; it easy. ; ; The next FOTD will be posted in a reasonable time. Until ; whenever, take care, and the distance between two objects is ; determined by the amount of empty space between them. But empty ; space is nothing, so how is it possible to have more or less of ; nothing? ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= TheGreatestMystery { ; time=0:03:15.00 SF5 at 2000MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=SliceJulibrot5 passes=1 periodicity=6 center-mag=0.619222/0/8.51924/1/90/0 params=89/0/\ 89/0/0.375/0/0/0/2.5/0 float=y maxiter=10000 inside=0 logmap=yes colors=000100SEDQDCOCBMBALA9J98H88F77E76C65A548447\ 33522311100x7Tt6Rq6Pn5Ok5Mg5Ld4Ja4IZ4GW3FS3DP2CM2A\ J29G17C1691460330181Q60J40D206TpiRmgQkePicOgaNe`Mc\ ZLaXK_VIYUHWSGUQFSOEQNDOLCMJBKHAIF8GE7EC6CA5A84873\ 6524312110T00P00M00J00G00C009006003gbfe`dcZbaY`_WZ\ YUYXTWVRUTQSROQPMPNLNMJLKHJIGHGEGEDECBCB9A98876754\ 53331119SD8RC8QC8PB7OB7NA7MA6L96K96J85I85H85G74F74\ E64D64C53B53A4394284273263152142131021010000tVvqTs\ oSqmRokQmiPkgOheMfcLdaKbZJ`XIYVHWTGURESPDQNCOLBLJA\ JG9HE8FC6DA5A8486364242127ai5SY3JN19BSjXQfUOcSM`QK\ YOIVMGSJEPHDLFBID9FB7C8596364132QgGKZCFQ9AH6583yPP\ vOOtNNrMMpLLnKKlKKjJJhIIfHHdGGbFF`FFZEEXDDVCCSBBQA\ AOAAM99K88I77G66E55C55A4483362241c20cN3cdMcdLccKcc\ JccJccIcbHcbHcbGcaFcaFcaEcaDc`Dm`Cm`Bm`BmZAmYAmX9m\ V9mU9mT8mS8mQ7mP7mO7mM6mL6mkHzK6zJ5zH5zG4zF4zE4zC3\ zB3zA3z82z72z61z51z31z20z } frm:SliceJulibrot5 {; draws all slices of Julibrot pix=pixel, u=real(pix), v=imag(pix), a=pi*real(p1*0.0055555555555556), b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556), g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556), d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556), ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g), sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d), p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd), q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd), r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), esc=imag(p5)+9 c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4: z=(-z)^(real(p5))+c |z|< esc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;