Fractals in Nature

Chaos, present in everything from a drop of water to the galaxies in our universe, has long fascinated people from cultures across the world. The natural disorder present in the branches of trees, lightning, and coastlines, to name a few examples, may seem to be completely chaotic; however, self-similarity within these phenomena is much more organized than it appears. Repeating patterns in many natural objects and processes are known as fractals, figures that show self-similarity at different levels. The study of fractals, both in nature and pure mathematics, has advanced numerous branches of science, such as computing, telecommunications, fluid dynamics, biology and medicine, and can offer innovative new perspectives on human science and technology.

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[azurebrown]

As a philosopher mathematician, I can with logic and reason tell everyone, there is no chaos in nature, only compounding levels of unity. Fractals are a core concept in the knowledge of Pattern. But all Pattern is number and order.

[piedzeries]

Part of the reason the human mind likes fractals so much is because they're easier to find patterns in, and the mind likes to find patterns as it helps it to sort and categorize what it sees/hears/experiences

[STaSHZILLA]

I have a bit of a stoner thought here:

So Factals are interesting and I feel the mechanics of the universe can be revealed while searching for these fractals. Or that you can almost find repeating patterns.

One of these strange patterns I thought about is a Black hole. A black Hole is a singularity with particles emanating from the poles or from opposite sides of this singularity. And I asked myself. "Can we find this pattern in our universe?" And the answer is, Yes! But I didn't look in space for it. I found it in time. Present time to be specific. Present time is a singularity with the past and future emanating from the poles or the opposites sides.

What if consciousness is the white hole? The output of the "missing" information.

This could really add to the theory that consciousness is just the universe experiencing itself.

Anyways, it would be nice to get some thoughts on this. Do understand that this is a flimsy, stoner thought and not something that should be taken too seriously.

[descent]

Fun fact: the lungs have a surface area half that of a tennis court, which is impressive considering they fit in your chest. The magic of fractals!

[khizarfarooqui]

hey I just have to say I really appreciate you making these videos fractals have sort of taken over my view of the world and I can't stop seeing them pretty much everywhere now haha

[wrld]

Mankind taking inspiration from nature once again, just goes to remind that we should be one with nature

[tommyotero]

My 6 year old stared obsessing about fractals (with an emphasis on the Mandelbrot set) when he was 4 and there's no signs of him slowing down now, just after his 6th year. Here I am, 39 yrs old and only vaguely aware of what a fractal is and totally ignorant in regards to wtf a Mandelbrot is. I've tried to understand it all but have been wildly unsuccessful. Thanks for this upload; I've actually managed to process this (for the most part).

[markushafstrom]

I read a paper in which the authors wrote about finding new life on other planets by fractal analysis of the degree of entropy difference in a given area. Fractals truly are everywhere.

[nikitashulsky]

Really cool to learn the basic reason why plants have fractal patterns, thanks for the video!

[tanganov]

Mathematics is the programming language of this universe. In my opinion, there is no chaos in nature, this is only a superficial look at the essence of things. Another thing is that the essential order of nature is so multifaceted that it can manifest itself in the form of a “randomness” effect for an outside observer

[lingonpower]

Another great example of fractals recently: Jasper Hoeksema's work with bridging the gap between microscopic and macroscopic dynamic particle systems

[aap]

Sand dunes are fractal too, just like you said because sand particles falling

[PrinceSamTV]

1:46 my god that thing is beautiful, This is the grand design

[MarioFan]

I like fractals, As a graphic designer. It's everywhere, and it's a work of art

[samuelspace]

I’ve seen a lot of comments arguing about a creator or god who designed this and I wanted to give my opinion (please try not to be offended this is what I found on the science side)



With current human knowledge a lot of the time we don’t know why fractals appear in nature and like most other scientific stuff we make educated guesses science will never be 100% right because we’re always discovering more.
Right now science does not have enough information to argue a designer does not exist it actually kinda points to the opposite and because of one reason the universe is expanding and we have a small amount of radiation pointing to a creation of the universe (big bang) we don’t no where matter came from and the laws of physics the chance of a universe existing and a universe that’s able to support matter is so exponentially unlikely that it approaches 0% and we still don’t know where the laws of physics existing also again back to fractals we see them in nature in places that was recently thought impossible and we have no idea how they exist in those places.

This is my understanding of the topic if I got something wrong or you want to add something please reply and tell me.

[Hans-ybjc]

Coastlines are also self-similar. Zoom in on any coastline, you'll find that shape in a smaller scale over and over again

[tahayameenvlogs]

These repeating patterns (fractals) are a function of the finer polarity forces present in water molecules. All these pattern are present in the objects having their development in watery medium.

[DroneToTable]

Looks to me like God used a fractal-tipped paint brush when forming this universe. There are really fractals at every of creation.

[.Tapestry]

i don't have a math background and this is about as deep as i can get with the material. thanks for making it accessible

[ReuvenF]

I just happened upon this video on my phone by chance. I liked it so much I came here to give a "Like" and Subscribe.
I have always felt a 'need' in myt artwork for patterns and am fascinated by mandelas.
Now I know Why.