; Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 16:36:36 -0400 (GMT-04:00) ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTX -- May 11 ; Id: <22637436.1462998996880.JavaMail.wam@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earth ; link.net> ; --------- ; ; FOTX0511 -- On_the_Half_Shell (Rating A-4,M-4) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's minor effort is worth at least a quick look, though it ; will not set any records for beauty. It is a minibrot that lies ; on a tendril extending from a bud of the parent fractal that ; results when 1.6 parts of Z^-1.9 are combined with 0.2 parts of ; Z^-9.1. The shell-like effect that inspired the name was ; achieved by rendering the image with the outside set to 'tdis' ; ; The good news is that my fingers really do remember the Fractint ; keystrokes, I just cannot think of the strokes when I ; consciously try to recall them, making frequent diversions to ; the help index necessary. I am also a bit rusty on finding ; minibrots and other good fractal scenes. A year ago, these ; fractal things were turning up almost automatically. Today, I ; needed to take time to try to guess where the scenic areas of ; the parent fractal might lie, if any might exist. My success ; was questionable. ; ; Maybe I have become too involved in the debate over the meaning ; of quantum theory. The math of quantum theory is not in ; question, it works great. The problem is that the quantum world ; appears to consist of only the math that defines it. Things ; like electrons and photons can be seen as tiny balls, spread out ; waves, neither or both. In all cases the same math applies. ; The problem arises when the math is squeezed into our very ; limited, common sense idea of a world of 3-D space filled with ; real objects, which raises the measurement problem. ; ; The measurement problem arises because the real world is made of ; sub-atomic particles, and the sub-atomic particles consist of ; numbers. The means that the real world is basically made of ; numbers, and numbers are pure abstractions, with no material ; reality at all. The problem is that no one can show with ; certainty how abstract numbers can create real physical ; material. Perhaps the greatest embarrassment of science is that ; even after 90 years of pondering, this problem is still ; unresolved. ; ; Considering all this, it seems to me as if the real world might ; be much like a computer video game, where the fantasy world of ; the game exists only as program information until it is ; displayed on the screen, observed, and thereby made real. But ; if this is taken to be true, it will make no difference in ; everyday life, since everything we have always considered real ; will still appear and behave the same. ; ; But rational materialists are quite upset by this. Maybe their ; concern is that their philosphical world view is being ; threatened. Quantum theory seems to be drifting toward ; mysticism, which is the antithesis of rational science and says ; that the material world is an illusion. In an effort to show ; how silly such views are, rationalists refer to such views, ; which are very common among new-agers, as 'Quantum Woo'. At the ; same time, Atheists are annoyed by quantum theory because it can ; easily be misused as an argument for the existence of God. ; ; This debate is quite understandable. After all, everyone needs ; a solid foundation on which to base their life's philosophical ; standpoint, be it the white bearded old man in the sky of ; religion or the rock solid reality of the material universe on ; which science is based. ; ; But fractals can be enjoyed by everyone, whether the images are ; real or not, or whether God exists or not, and the real world ; can likewise be enjoyed by everyone, even if it turns out to be ; no more real than fractals and if God is actually proved to ; exist. ; ; There are problems with the FOTD web sites, so I'll not post any ; web addresses until the problems are resolved. ; ; Today was cloudy and dreary but dry here at Fractal Central, ; with a temperature of 63F 17C. The fractal cats spent most of ; the day worrying about the feral tomcats that are again becoming ; more numerous around the area. And to make things worse, we ; think there could be kittens under the fractal back porch. FL ; is also rather down because the cool wet weather is causing her ; garden to lag. The next FOT... will be posted whenever it is. ; Until whenever, take care, and I'm either a believer or an ; Atheist, depending on how God is described. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jimmuth@earthlink.net ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= On_the_Half_Shell { ; time=0:10:21.26 SF5 at 200MHZ reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=MandAutoCritInZ function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+1.552148830053915/+0.2525932592080373/\ 3.38727e+007/1/-70.0000276875551748/2.252300646\ 62476637e-005 params=1.6/-1.9/0.2/-9.1/0/0/0/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=tdis periodicity=6 sound=off colors=000wNexLexJeyHezFezDexEdwEdvFdtFdsGdrGdqHdo\ HcnIcmIclIcjJciJchKcfKbeLbdLbcMbaMb`Nb_NbZNbTQeOSg\ JUiDWk8Ym3_o7ZkBYgFYdJX`NWXRWUVVQYVNDMYAQf7To4WxIQ\ tVLqgGnXOjMWfCccUmlWmiXmfYmdZma`mZamXbmUcmSemPfmMg\ mKhmHjmEkmClm9mm7nk8nj8oi8oh9pf9pe9qd9qcAqbAr`Ar_B\ sZBsYBzpBwlCugCsaCvWCsQBqKBoHBmDBkABi6Bg3Bf5Ae79d9\ 9cB8bD7aF7`H6`J6_L5ZN4YP4XR3WT2VV2UX15KT3LV2cW4cX6\ cY8cZAc_Cc`EcaGcbHczHfzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzmzzDtfCsdBrb\ Bq`ApY9oW8nU8mS7lP6kN5jL5iJ8gL_c7bZEeULhQSkLZnGeqC\ krEbsGUtIMuKDvM5FT`eKIQIUDvxCmtBepBXlAPhZQDSNLMLSG\ JZir7ajEVbLOWSHOZXT40V12T73RC4PH5OM7MR8KW9I`aF8YGD\ VGHRGLOGPKHUHHYDHaa1CW5IQ8OLBUFE_2kD4cL6WS8OZRHhLH\ gFHfF47E7EDALCCSBFZnMkUJhEBzDCwCDtCEqBFnBGkAHhEelC\ ThYyKSmQMbVGS`YzEuTVoRXiQYcO_YN`SLaMKcGIdzd2r`8jYE\ cUKWRPPNVHK`Yx1is`S_csXOmVRgTTaRVXPXRN_LLaFJcyENlF\ S_GXNHaDRTCPVCOXBMZBL`AJb } frm:MandAutoCritInZ {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(((-a*b*g*h)^j)+(p4)), k=real(p3)+1, esc=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c, |z| < esc } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ; ; ; _______________________________________________ ; Fractint mailing list ; Fractint@mailman.xmission.com ; https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fractint ;