02-21-2009, 06:28 PM
Hey, good info, 3D. I'm currently reading Beyond Time and Space, between my readings for school. One nagging question I'm thinking about is the fact that he says the geometry of the universe is euclidean. The simple fact is that we do not see euclidean geometry anywhere in nature with the exception of some crystals and some vibratory patterns in mediums. I suppose that this would hint that perhaps the geometry of the universe really IS euclidean, but why is it that what we mainly see in nature is fractal/chaos patterns, if it is euclidean? Does he say anything about this? I see no octohedron clouds, or triangular mountains, obviously. And yet, I've seen that the patterns that atoms organize into can be related to euclidean forms such as the platonic solids. It just seems that somehow both chaos theory and RST's euclidean stuff are both correct. Does anyone know about this?