• cynar@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      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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        7 hours ago

        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)

    • GraniteM@lemmy.worldOP
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      10 hours ago

      That’s a fair point. I forgot that some infinites are larger than other infinites.