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[–] 36 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Some infinites are larger than other infinites.

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    It's not a true fractal, so the length has some finite bounding. It's just stupidly large, since you are tracing the atomic structure.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Let F be a geometric object and let C be the set of counterexamples.

    F is a True Fractal ⟺ F satisfies all properties P₁, P₂, ..., Pₙ

    Where for each counterexample c ∈ C that satisfies P₁...Pₙ: Define Pₙ₊₁ := "is not like c"

    The definition recurses infinitely as new counterexamples emerge.

    Corollary: Coastlines exhibit fractal properties at every scale... except they don't, because [insert new property], except that's also not quite right because [insert newer property], except actually [insert even newer property]...

    □ (no true scotsman continues fractally)

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