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Can Fractals Make Sense of the Quantum World?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the cuz-i-sure-can't dept.

Keith found a New Scientist story about fractals and quantum theory. The article says "Take the mathematics of fractals into account, says Palmer, and the long-standing puzzles of quantum theory may be much easier to understand. They might even dissolve away."

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  1. Quantum Exploration by fyngyrz · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, the problem wasn't that God was playing dice with the universe, rather, it's just a nice Julia set?

    Einstein must be rolling in the dimensions of his grave. Fractionally, of course.

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    1. Re:Quantum Exploration by sakdoctor · · Score: 5, Funny

      God is one of these role-play nerds then, with his 20 dimensional dice.

  2. And suddenly LOGO by thesandtiger · · Score: 5, Funny

    And suddenly LOGO turns out to be the programming language we need to encode the formula for everything.

    Go, little turtle, go!

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    1. Re:And suddenly LOGO by CookedGryphon · · Score: 5, Funny

      It really *is* turtles all the way down??

  3. Can Fractals Make Sense of the Quantum World? by ciderVisor · · Score: 5, Funny

    No. No, they can't.

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  4. Can Fractals Make Sense of the Quantum World? by ciderVisor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. Yes, they can.

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  5. Re:Can Fractals Make Sense of the Quantum World? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe. Maybe, they could, or they couldn't.