Reply to post: Re: Fractal, innit?

Dark matter drought hits older galaxies: Boffins are, rightly, baffled

P. Lee

Re: Fractal, innit?

>"Normal" matter seems to be distributed fractally all the way through from planets, solar systems, star clusters, galaxies, galaxy clusters, etc.

Not just those. Spiral galaxies, sea-shells, bodies, faces, sunflower seeds, bird flight patterns, fingers and hurricanes all made with mathematical precision around a single ratio.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/5985588/15-uncanny-examples-of-the-golden-ratio-in-nature

Of course the universe doesn't have consistent design principles. It just looks like it does.

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