This is a more detailed explanation of what fractals actually are, and what mathematics actually mean by 'fractals are everywhere in nature': https://www.youtub

This is a more detailed explanation of what fractals actually are, and what mathematics actually mean by 'fractals are everywhere in nature': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB9n2gHsHN4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB9n2gHsHN4 It might help connect some dots. Short version: simple rules -> can create self-similar shapes -> which can have fractal dimension -> cellular automata can create fractals but nature -> creates shapes which have fractal dimensions does not mean that the processes that create fractal shapes in nature are based on simple rules or cellular automata (but that's not to say they aren't!)