01/20/2008, 09:50 AM
@Ivars:
First, the process of turning brainwaves into voltages is not an exact science. This means that the voltages that are accessible via an EEG are not going to be exactly what is going on in your brain (although its pretty close). Second, the process of turning raw data into fractal dimensions is not an exact science. Wikipedia even has a warning about this. The reason why is because fractal dimensions were originally defined for objects with self-similarity, and mathematically-defined patterns. Raw data does not have this kind of self-similarity, and if it does, then it is enforced upon the raw data, and not something that is somehow encoded within (or perhaps I am enforcing randomness on all data). Aside from these remarks, it would be an interesting discovery, that: tetration explains our brains.
Andrew Robbins
First, the process of turning brainwaves into voltages is not an exact science. This means that the voltages that are accessible via an EEG are not going to be exactly what is going on in your brain (although its pretty close). Second, the process of turning raw data into fractal dimensions is not an exact science. Wikipedia even has a warning about this. The reason why is because fractal dimensions were originally defined for objects with self-similarity, and mathematically-defined patterns. Raw data does not have this kind of self-similarity, and if it does, then it is enforced upon the raw data, and not something that is somehow encoded within (or perhaps I am enforcing randomness on all data). Aside from these remarks, it would be an interesting discovery, that: tetration explains our brains.
Andrew Robbins