c/earthscience · by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 3dWhy Are Rivers So Mathematical? | Quanta Magazine https://www.quantamagazine.org/why-are-rivers-so-mathematical-20260810/13 points · 3 comments · view on lemmy.world
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HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 3d
It's almost like math describes natural phenomena
N0x0n@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3d
It does, well it isn't the classical mathematics, but higher up math like fractals which is math but on another scale.
Coastal length, water movement, trees branching, cloud movements... Those are all described by fractals
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 1d
Lol, took the words out of my mouth.
"Why when we measure things, do they give us measurements"