Alright I've got a good one for you guys.
So, lets talk about math and nature. The only math that is able to accurately model natural systems is fractal geometry, ie chaos theory etc. The basic idea behind it being that the whole is contained in every part of the whole. Here's an example of a fractal zoom:
Mandelbrot Fractal Set Trip To e214 HD from teamfresh on Vimeo.
As you can see, the fractal gets more complex at every level, while still representing the original state of the fractal.
Now, think for a second about the levels of organization in the universe.
(Multiverse)>Universe>Superclusters>Clusters>Galaxies>Stars>Planets>Ecosystems>Organisms>Molecules>Atoms>Subatomic Particles>Elementary Particles
As of yet... Elementary particles are the smallest recognizable form of matter. The idea being that they are indivisible and the fundamental building blocks of our universe.
But not so long ago, we believed that all the stars in the universe were contained in our own milky way, and that the atom was the smallest unit of matter. Historically, anyone that has stated with absolute certainty that everything has discovered has without exception been wrong. So why are we so foolish to assume that we've arrived there now?
90% of the matter in our galaxy is missing. Nobody knows if its dark matter, dark energy, or what. And yet, we assume that we know so much about the workings of our universe. It seems foolish to assume that we know so much when we actually understand so little. There are an immeasurable number of mysteries in science and human experience. We hardly understand our own bodies, and the relationship between them and the mind.
What if the universe is unimaginable more complex and convoluted than we even know?
What I propose is applying the ideas of fractal geometry to our understanding of science - infinite levels of infinite complexity. Perhaps this is just how our weak minds function, but it would certainly explain why every time we think we've got it figure out, it gets a whole lot more complicated. What if there are an infinite number of infinitely more complicated levels of "stuff" behind the workings of even the most basic particles that we understand as of yet? What if there is a multi-multiverse, and a multi-multi-multiverse? It blows my mind to think that the universe could really be... Infinitely infinite. Anyone have any idea what I'm getting at here? Obviously this is completely and totally unprovable (at least the way we think about science now...) but imagine for a second that its true. What does it say about human experience, our lives, our goals, how we go about doing things on a day to day basis? The idea that the entire knowable world is infinitely infinite has so much meaning.
We are all dust.
