Self-similarity and Thinking

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Transcript of video: Systems are self-similar when the structure of their parts is similar to the structure of the whole. This independence from the scale of view occurs whenever the same simple rules are applied across scales. One of the most amazing features of the world is that self-similarity occurs in many systems across huge ranges of size. Plant and animal growth, seashells, snowflakes, soap foam, mountains, rivers, coastlines ...even human thinking?are all roughly fractal?self-similar processes created by applying a few simple rules again and again. You can use ThinkBlocks to learn about self-similarity in thinking, because ThinkBlocks are themselves self-similar. Place a block of each size in your playspace. Note that each block is the same shape and structure. ThinkBlocks are designed with the same structure at every scale, because the structure of ThinkBlocks expresses four fundamental thinking skills that apply to all ideas. These patterns of distinction, system, relationship and perspective are at work in every idea, at any scale. The self-similar structure of ThinkBlocks expresses every idea as equal units of thought with the same structural rules, stimulating you to explore these patterns in every idea you form. Self-similarity is one of the deepest properties of the nature, and in our ideas it emerges as the signature of the basic patterns of thinking. It?s the key feature that makes human thinking robust and powerful. Use the self-similar feature of ThinkBlocks to understand self-similarity, and how it manifests in your own thinking.

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