Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image, with its brain-like shape and complex networks, reminded me of a human brain.  But it is not made of meat, it is made of numbers, so I named it "The Inhuman Brain".

The image is part of a near-Julia view of the eastern extremity of the main bay of the (-Z)^(2.5)+C Mandeloid.  It is not a Julia set, since it is rotated 45 minutes of arc away from the Julia orientation toward the Oblate orientation.  Julia sets are 2-dimensional slices cut in a particular orientation through the 4-dimensional Julibrot figure.  Today's image just misses the proper Julia direction.

I rated the image at a 7, which is FOTD average.  We have seen similar images several times in the past, so I could rate it no higher.  The calculation time of 2-1/4 minutes is close to FOTD average also.

I could easily have named today's image 'The Human Brain'.  I have long been interested in the brain, not so much in its anatomy as in the scientific effort to explain the things it is assumed to do, such as create conscious thought as an accidental 'emergent phenomenon'.  I can see no possible way that unconscious matter might create something of as alien a nature as self-awareness.  Doing so would be a greater miracle than far simpler things such as foretelling the future, or walking on water.

In my opinion, consciousness cannot magically arise from nowhere.  Either the brain is not the source of self-awareness, or material itself is conscious, which implies that the entire universe is a sea of consciousness.  Yes, I have read many opposing views from skeptics, but it appears to me as though skeptics have a tendency to defend their materialistic views a little too zealously to be totally open-minded.

Here ends the philosophizing of the day.

Things were reasonably pleasant here at Fractal Central on Tuesday.  The hazy sky and temperature of 86F 30C made things seem quite summer-like.  But summer is expected to come in much stronger on Wednesday, so we'll see what happens then.  The fractal cats had no complaints about the weather, though they did appear annoyed with each other at times.  The humans had a typical day.

The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and watch out for that conscious universe.  It knows what you're doing even when you're asleep.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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