Images from a genetic fractal universe

Back in 2014 I excitedly announced the birth of a genetic fractal universe in my post “postcard from a new universe”. I then went on and blogged about spring and the joys of travel. Such are the meanderings of a distracted mind. But that new universe

A beautiful mind

You’ve seen “A beautiful mind” with Russel Crowe about the life of the mathematician John Nash. Well, I’ve been having a beautiful-mind-week.

A couple of weeks ago I decided to take time off from this blog. I was spending too much time writing and reading and needed to rebalance. At roughly the same time, a number of philosophical and mathematical questions were swirling around in my brain and instead of touching base with reality, I wandered of into the dark forest of mathematics.

The nature of caffeine addicted bees

Bees are addicted to caffeine produced by smart flowers. This is IHT front page news and therefore, we must explore this matter further. Is nature intelligent? What is the role of beauty and attraction?