Posted by AuntieMel on February 18, 2005, at 14:27:12
In reply to Re: Coral colony » AuntieMel, posted by Dinah on February 18, 2005, at 11:16:35
Right, it's been evolving, the beginning becoming the present which will become the future. Prior posters have affected others, who affect us who will affect those who come.
It's immortality, in a way.
It's unique, and not to be explained by science.
But for the scientifically minded: think of sitting back and watching a screen saver of fractals. All of the pieces are similar in shape to the others, though not exactly, and the colors vary. And in the screen saver they change sizes and groupings and colors and they undulate and and the whole changes shape ..... I think you get my drift.
Watching it evolve and change evokes in you a childlike feeling of awe. But if you were to examine it too closely it would become just a bunch of similar shapes. The magic would be gone.
So I think (correct me if I'm wrong, please) Dinah is trying to say if babble is looked at too disinterestedly - in terms of group dynamics, virtual large groups or whatever - you miss the magic.
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