I'm watching a documentary on the psychology of music and one of the scientists mentions, how it seems many people are attracted to Latin music, due to it's unpredictably through syncopation. But the thing about syncopation is that it is really, extremely predictable. It's just not obvious. much like fractals. A fractal is essentially, a mathematical equation that creates a pattern, infinitely the same no matter how far you zoom in or out. Think of a coastline. If you look at a picture of the entire west coast it has a pattern of a very rough, jagged line. Zoom in to a single beach, the same rough, jagged line. 3 feet of that beach; the same jagged rough line. And we see, it will always look the same. Another similar picture of a fractal is a tree. As two branches split, each has its own branches that split off and into two and those branches have twigs that split off and into two, and so on and so forth. In fact, many things we instinctively ...
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This post is in vain. ... but can I just say I know my music? I don't really look like I would have a lot of the hobbies and skills that I do, and nothing is more frustrating than when people pass me off for just another girl because I'm bubbly. Please, get to know me first. I'm smart. I'm capable. I like physics and art and music. And I don't need to prove that to anyone. Here's what I've been listening to today: Annnnd last but not least... It's very rare that people understand my taste in music. ... but I love it. XX