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This is pretty much one of the Ultima Thules of Mathematics. Reading about it won't make you understand it, the metaphors used in popular science are just that:
by jmpe 13y ago
This is pretty much one of the Ultima Thules of Mathematics. Reading about it won't make you understand it, the metaphors used in popular science are just that: simple analogies that fool the reader. If you want to understand it I'd suggest allocating 6 years of your life to be thought the foundations and move on from there.
Edited to remove a shitty snark re fractional dimensions, hence the replies.
- jaibot 13y agoFractional dimensions are a thing (for certain values of "dimension"). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Long_Is_the_Coast_of_Britain%3F_Statistical_Self-Similarity_and_Fractional_Dimension http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Long_Is_the_Coast_of_Britai...
- bad_alloc 13y agoSee also this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fractals_by_Hausdorff_dimension http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fractals_by_Hausdorff_d...