![Given 4 shots of a fractal, can you order them from least zoomed in to most zoomed it? The point is that this is hard to do. Fractals are objects which are equally complex and look similar on all scales- therefore it is inherently difficult to tell how zoomed in you are. If you looked over someone’s shoulder, and saw them looking at a shot of the Mandelbrot set, it is entirely possible that at their zoom-level the entire set would span the size of the observable universe! [more]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llfyjxrsXO1qfg7o3o1_500.gif)
Given 4 shots of a fractal, can you order them from least zoomed in to most zoomed it? The point is that this is hard to do. Fractals are objects which are equally complex and look similar on all scales- therefore it is inherently difficult to tell how zoomed in you are. If you looked over someone’s shoulder, and saw them looking at a shot of the Mandelbrot set, it is entirely possible that at their zoom-level the entire set would span the size of the observable universe! [more]
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I honestly love fractals. They’re mesmerizing, genius,...understand the dimensions of...
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the size of the observable universe! [more]
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