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Looks like nature is running a shortest path algorithm. I'm guessing A*.
by vignesh_vs_in 14y ago
Looks like nature is running a shortest path algorithm. I'm guessing A*.
- ars 14y agoKeep in mind it's not the shortest distance, but rather the shortest electrical potential. A second thing is that it's the shortest potential at that moment. But the lightning changes things, so the new shortest potential can move. (The immense electrical field of the lightning moves things.) But once the channel is ionized it stays that way - this is why you see forked behavior instead of a straight line.