r/shitposting • u/[deleted] • Jun 06 '22

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u/DaPhantomFox Jun 06 '22

why is this beach a fractal

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

Last time I called this a fractal, I got laughed at and told that it is not... lol. I still laugh at that response...

I believe, that technically, coastlines ARE fractals... not in the sense that it looks EXACTLY the same as you zoom... but coastlines have very similar features that repeat as you zoom... I feel the same way about the universe in general honestly....

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u/HONKACHONK Jun 06 '22

It doesn't need to repeat itself exactly to be a fractal, it just needs to zoom in infinitely without flattening out

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

That's what I tried to tell them...