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I always thought these attempts were interesting, because the patterns depend completely upon the visualization implementation and not directly on the pattern o
by Zolomon 12y ago
I always thought these attempts were interesting, because the patterns depend completely upon the visualization implementation and not directly on the pattern of the prime numbers. Is there some way to find prime number patterns without depending on a specific visualization?
- netcraft 12y agoi've had the same thought, but I dont think theres anything wrong with the fact that patterns are only noticeable in a certain visualization. A pattern in a decimal number wouldn't be discernible in another base for instance. Its may just be that finding the right visualization might be the way to discover new insights.
- foolrush 12y agoSee Sociology. The model / metric forms the inference.
- BenedictEggers 12y agoYes. It's called math.
- SCHiM 12y agoEdit: I should read more throughly next time, we don't really seem to disagree at all. I thought I read that you said that these patterns were not interesting because they are not 'perfect'. Original comment: I've always thought what seems to be the direct opposite of what you do. In the end every thing we know are incomplete internal models of external systems. E.g. We see a plant, and the image of the plant is stored in our minds, however the image of the plant is not _the_ plant, and may or may not perfectly resemble the plant. What I'm trying to say is that I think it's pretty pointless to try and find 'perfect' patterns because our own storage system/recognition engine is less than perfect and that it's more fruitful to focus on those domains in which it's easy for us to see patterns, incomplete they may be. Like this very intriguing map of prime patterns.