Re: Creativity in a sponge?

[Kurt Sindelar <kurtskii@execpc.com>]

This is such an excellent post! -- I wonder if the use of Hawking's "boundary condition"
concept  might drive this metaphor along a little bit. That and the greater study of that
hierarchy thing might be of some use.

Roger Key wrote:
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> The spherical organisation will be the most stable but least
> creative.  Minimum surface to volume.  Stability as delivered by
> minimising variation?  I feel that this is the most apt model for the
> system though - just feels right.
>
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>
> However what body has maximum area to volume?  A sphere has minimum,
> fuzzy bodies - like a koosh ball have really high area to volume, but
> how about a Menger Sponge?  That has infinite surface area and zero
> volume, yet has a clear solid looking structure.