> It's not necessary to create a Platonic space of variations. This is like talking about the Platonic set of all binary numbers between 0000000000000000 and 11

> It's not necessary to create a Platonic space of variations. This is like talking about the Platonic set of all binary numbers between 0000000000000000 and 1111111111111111 ... I think you've misunderstood Platonic spaces. ("Platonic space of solids" is a subset of space of all solids.) What interests me when speculating about evolution and platonic notions is the space of the possible, with the speculation high bit being that the "platonic" essense of this space is [can be informed by] group theoretic structures and compositional rules. [edit]