TestpilotThu, Dec 13, 2007 Recursion
n. See "Recursion".
I wonder if our ability to recognize patterns such as iterative systems is innate. Pattern recognition seems to be integral to human survival.
The idea of self similarity is interesting to me. Perhaps this is the driving spirit behind the divine proportions described by Vitruvius in De Architectura. Is our sense of the timelessness of Roman architecture simply due to the recursion or self similarity between nature and that of the buildings? Is there comfort in this golden ratio or sacred geometry?
Recursion
n. See "Recursion".
I wonder if our ability to recognize patterns such as iterative systems is innate. Pattern recognition seems to be integral to human survival.
The idea of self similarity is interesting to me. Perhaps this is the driving spirit behind the divine proportions described by Vitruvius in De Architectura. Is our sense of the timelessness of Roman architecture simply due to the recursion or self similarity between nature and that of the buildings? Is there comfort in this golden ratio or sacred geometry?