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I used to see fractals when I was a child. No one understood what I was saying. Now it's evolved into something larger than that. People still don't understa

by Flam 15y ago

I used to see fractals when I was a child. No one understood what I was saying. Now it's evolved into something larger than that. People still don't understand what I'm saying.

stephth 15y ago
What do you mean by larger than fractals?
- davidw 15y ago
  Perhaps he got fed a lot of this as a kid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco_broccoli http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco_broccoli I was blown away the first time I saw one of those.
  - bwarp 15y ago
    They are surprisingly hard to grow like that believe it or not. That's approximately a 1 in 50 occurrence and the good ones command a high value. I tried for about 5 years to grow one like that unsuccessfully. Various conversations on the Internet resulted in giving up and returning to a more valuable carb-heavy crop (potatoes).
- Flam 15y ago
  I used to "daydream" a lot. When I would "daydream" I would no longerr see or hear or smell, but I would follow these strange patterns in my mind, always going deeper and seeking and end but never finding one. After about 20-30 minutes, I would always reach a strange point where my mind could not go any further, but I knew there was something beyond the point I had reached. There were no clear directions, it was a very strange experience. I can't attribute it to a dimension and I did 2 years of University Math. I wish I knew what it was. They became less frequent as I grew older and I had my last experience at 16. Nowadays, I feel like it has translated in me viewing the infinite of the patterns in this world. It's kind of more than that though, and still I cannot explain it. It makes me not want to speak because everything I say, even in this explanation, is incorrect because these words I'm using do not accurately express the thought, emotion, and experience involved at all.
  - stephth 15y ago
    Thanks for sharing, I think it's very interesting. Don't give up on explaining it though. I'm sure with time and effort you will find a way and/or the words to explain it. If we all spoke more about how we perceive the world, we all would have better words for it, and a better understanding of everything.
malkia 15y ago
What the fract did you just said?
haar 15y ago
I made several drawings of a similar nature to those shown when I was a child; I'm not sure if my parents still have them or not - though it spanned more from my fascination for mathematics than physically seeing them.

by Flam 15y ago

I used to see fractals when I was a child. No one understood what I was saying. Now it's evolved into something larger than that. People still don't understand what I'm saying.

stephth 15y ago

What do you mean by larger than fractals?

davidw 15y ago
Perhaps he got fed a lot of this as a kid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco_broccoli http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco_broccoli I was blown away the first time I saw one of those.
- bwarp 15y ago
  They are surprisingly hard to grow like that believe it or not. That's approximately a 1 in 50 occurrence and the good ones command a high value. I tried for about 5 years to grow one like that unsuccessfully. Various conversations on the Internet resulted in giving up and returning to a more valuable carb-heavy crop (potatoes).
Flam 15y ago
I used to "daydream" a lot. When I would "daydream" I would no longerr see or hear or smell, but I would follow these strange patterns in my mind, always going deeper and seeking and end but never finding one. After about 20-30 minutes, I would always reach a strange point where my mind could not go any further, but I knew there was something beyond the point I had reached. There were no clear directions, it was a very strange experience. I can't attribute it to a dimension and I did 2 years of University Math. I wish I knew what it was. They became less frequent as I grew older and I had my last experience at 16. Nowadays, I feel like it has translated in me viewing the infinite of the patterns in this world. It's kind of more than that though, and still I cannot explain it. It makes me not want to speak because everything I say, even in this explanation, is incorrect because these words I'm using do not accurately express the thought, emotion, and experience involved at all.
- stephth 15y ago
  Thanks for sharing, I think it's very interesting. Don't give up on explaining it though. I'm sure with time and effort you will find a way and/or the words to explain it. If we all spoke more about how we perceive the world, we all would have better words for it, and a better understanding of everything.

malkia 15y ago

What the fract did you just said?

haar 15y ago

I made several drawings of a similar nature to those shown when I was a child; I'm not sure if my parents still have them or not - though it spanned more from my fascination for mathematics than physically seeing them.