27 Mar self-similarity

A principle of nature that applies down to the most minute level. Some self-similar phenomena, such as particles of vapor in a cloud and neurons in the brain, often appear chaotic to the naked eye or microscope. Deep inspection reveals patterns and functional similarities that yield profound order.
Keywords: continuum
chaos
fractal
imagination
creativity
random
References: chaos
fuzzy logic
logic
modeling
parallel computing
physics
probability