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I'm sorry, I'm one of those people that can't pick up on implicit cues very easily. This site is only an artist's visualization of scientific words with beautif

I'm sorry, I'm one of those people that can't pick up on implicit cues very easily. This site is only an artist's visualization of scientific words with beautiful animation and imagery, right? I mean, I'm not missing any code or technical concepts, am I? It's definitely beautiful art, and that's the only reason why it's on the front-page, right?

agency 8y ago
For the most part I think it's fair to say they are artistic representations, though one of the first images on the page is the Sacks spiral[1]. Also for whatever it's worth the artist[2] has a PhD in Computation Biology. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral#Variants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral#Variants [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cooper_(electronica_musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cooper_(electronica_musici...
- yesenadam 8y ago
  Thanks for the link, hadn't heard about those spiral variants before. ps Is it just a coincidence that..in this field where the spiral is super-reminiscent of the old computer game Snake, the triangular version was discovered by Klauber, a herpetologist of all things?! Maybe. (Preston Sturges' wonderful movie The Lady Eve has a scene with Henry Fonda (a herpetologist) reading a book called Are Snakes Necessary? which would make a cute maths paper title.)
KennyCason 8y ago
I’d wager that’s not the only reason. There seems to be a deeper philosophical story he wishes to convey. There is the beauty of emergence which is a pattern being highlighted over and over. From the math patterns emerge the basic microbiological patterns, which then emerge the more conplex macrobiological patterns, which then leads to humans. And then the author shows us humans also being a substructure of the larger pattern that we may call society or humanity. He shows this in capitalism as well. He seems to reiterate that at the end of the capitalism video by flashing back to the mechanical components of capitalism being not much different than the mechanical components of a human. He then also discusses the evolution of the mind I’m guessing as he mentions the emergence of the digital mind. As we explore further, we realize all these thoughts are coming from the mind. There is a had barrier between mind/body or objective/subjective reality. There are also messages of hope that humanity transcends its current weaknesses (war, conflict, etc) And he then concludes with his thoughts on the nature of the universe(mind?) being open-ended and unlimited of options, ever changing. Everything he brings up is at some point related back to various philosophical principles, with of course, the story being mostly told by images and sound instead of words. Which I appreciates as well. All-in-all, I found it a beautiful story.

agency 8y ago

For the most part I think it's fair to say they are artistic representations, though one of the first images on the page is the Sacks spiral[1]. Also for whatever it's worth the artist[2] has a PhD in Computation Biology. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral#Variants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulam_spiral#Variants [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cooper_(electronica_musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cooper_(electronica_musici...

yesenadam 8y ago
Thanks for the link, hadn't heard about those spiral variants before. ps Is it just a coincidence that..in this field where the spiral is super-reminiscent of the old computer game Snake, the triangular version was discovered by Klauber, a herpetologist of all things?! Maybe. (Preston Sturges' wonderful movie The Lady Eve has a scene with Henry Fonda (a herpetologist) reading a book called Are Snakes Necessary? which would make a cute maths paper title.)

KennyCason 8y ago

I’d wager that’s not the only reason. There seems to be a deeper philosophical story he wishes to convey. There is the beauty of emergence which is a pattern being highlighted over and over. From the math patterns emerge the basic microbiological patterns, which then emerge the more conplex macrobiological patterns, which then leads to humans. And then the author shows us humans also being a substructure of the larger pattern that we may call society or humanity. He shows this in capitalism as well. He seems to reiterate that at the end of the capitalism video by flashing back to the mechanical components of capitalism being not much different than the mechanical components of a human. He then also discusses the evolution of the mind I’m guessing as he mentions the emergence of the digital mind. As we explore further, we realize all these thoughts are coming from the mind. There is a had barrier between mind/body or objective/subjective reality. There are also messages of hope that humanity transcends its current weaknesses (war, conflict, etc) And he then concludes with his thoughts on the nature of the universe(mind?) being open-ended and unlimited of options, ever changing. Everything he brings up is at some point related back to various philosophical principles, with of course, the story being mostly told by images and sound instead of words. Which I appreciates as well. All-in-all, I found it a beautiful story.