Cybernetics and Evolution

[octalpus]

Originally posted by pezz
pie is used to create a prime...even pie presents a pattern...maybe one we dont fully comprehend yet, but it does creat a pattern

I'm confused... are we talking about pi, as in tthe ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, or pie, as in the dessert (or perhaps even worse slang definitions...).

[pezz]

Sorry, was lazy in thinking on that one....PI is correct

[simple3]

i prefer pie. pi makes make brain explode style. i like a nice warm apple pie, or maybe a banana cream pie. but pi- i hate pi

--simple3

[Friendly_fire]

Pi doesn't bother me that much, when i want my brain to explode i try to visualize a hypercube. It's all downhill from there.
-friendly

[astcell]

Proud to be a Geek!

The integral "z-squared dz"
from 1 to the square root of 3
times the function cosine
of three pi over 9
equals log of the cube root of 'e'

[pezz]

POP!!!

[TwinVega]

Re: Proud to be a Geek!

Originally posted by astcell
The integral "z-squared dz"
from 1 to the square root of 3
times the function cosine
of three pi over 9
equals log of the cube root of 'e'

If it was written out like an equation I might actually have a shot at solving it....but I wouldn't get your hopes up.

[murakami]

Originally posted by pezz
....EVERYTHING....NO MATTER HOW RANDOM...CREATES A PATTERN

I'd suggest reading Stephen Wolfram's book, "A New Kind of Science." Wolfram is also the author/programmer behind Mathematica, which is about the coolest programming environment for scientific/mathematic programming.

It sums up about 15 years worth of research into fractals and chaos theory into something fairly accessible even if you have never worked with cellular automata and finite element analysis.

The gist (this is a very, very, very, very high level overview) is that complex behavior can arise from simple deterministic rules. If we can break down the behavior into these rules, then we would have a chance of understanding the process that gave rise to the observed behavior/pattern.

[astcell]

Re: Re: Proud to be a Geek!

Originally posted by TwinVega
If it was written out like an equation I might actually have a shot at solving it....but I wouldn't get your hopes up.

Limericks aren't written out. ;) Try google and type in pi limerick.

[TwinVega]

Re: Re: Re: Proud to be a Geek!

Originally posted by astcell
Limericks aren't written out. ;) Try google and type in pi limerick.

Ha! I didn't even notice:p