Are we not part of a big snowflake?

Question

It is pretty obvious that there are similarities between nature and ourselves and the universe. For example..Our lungs our similar to the shape of a tree, Our viens are like the rivers and valleys seen from space. Well, I believe that when the big bang happened, so to speak, we are in part of a huge pattern. Like that of a snowflake. They say we are composed of everything which is part of the universe and the elements within us are shared/common within stars and planets. Well when the big bang happened it reacted like a snowflake freezing. So are our elements and presence on the earth mirrored with 8 or 10 other fractions? When you look at nature it is a big pattern and we are part of that pattern. Does anyone else see it this way?

To zahbudar, what you see is only part of the pattern. Whether being repeated 6/8 times you can only see your angle and view but not the bigger picture. Think of a snowflake and one paticular fragment starting from the center. All you can see is your void and what is above. As it happens we are in the middle so can only see what is around us. BUT, one particular point in the sky is the middle and it is reflected like a pattern. The big bang was petty impressive but didn't happen as chaos but anti-chaos. Like the patterns on a butterfly or your 2 eys. Nature has a pattern the cosmos was dramatic in it's evolution and if you could see it happening again you would see a patten of explosion like that of a snowflake.

Answer 1

I like your question. Just look at the planets orbiting the Sun and the shape of the tiniest atoms, electrons orbiting a nucleus.
Trees, known as the planets air filters also, the same shape as the inside of out lungs, when wood is cut, the pattern of the wood with knots in it, looks like light traveling in straight lines until distorted by a huge gravity force. I think there is a pattern and the answers to things are right in front of us. Best place to hide things is in plain sight..

Answer 2

The similarities are there, but it's not because the pattern's been frozen in, it's because everything's following the same rules. Have a look at the Wikipedia article on fractals - it shows how things like trees, rivers & snowflakes etc. can be drawn by repeatedly following simple rules.

Something else that comes out of following rules is "emergent behaviour". Imagine an ant on a huge sheet of squared paper. Somehow, this ant, and the paper, are going to follow two simple rules -

If the ant is on a white square it will turn to the left and move one square forward, after which the square it has just left will turn black.

If the ant is on a black square it will turn to the right and move one square forward, after which the square it has just left will turn white.

Simple rules, but you will not guess what happens when you follow them a few thousand times! You can download an app that'll show you. This demonstration is called Langton's ant, btw.

Answer 3

Jason:

If you ever looked through a large telescope at the night sky,
you would never suggest to someone else that the universe was
a big snow flake. The universe when studied through a good
telescope is the most fantastic thing you ever did see, and almost beyond your comprehension.

What you can see with the naked eye is VAST.
What you can see with the aid of binoculars is even VASTER.
(if there is such a word)
What you can see with the aid of a telescope is even bigger
and deeper and more defined than that.

When you look through a really good telescope you see even
more than that, and the things to look at are far to numerous to
list, because there are millions and millions of things you can see. Some galaxies are so dense with stars that they appear
to be big clouds of white. Even the center of the Milky Way Galaxy is a huge ball of stars and dust that is immense.

Please go look at www.space.com

Answer 4

Sort of.
I think there is so much symmetry on all scales of nature it is fascinating - like the examples you give.
Although I think it's more like a fractal picture which we are in, only able to look so far up towards both the very big (universe scale) and the very little (electrons/quarks etc). I also think if we look hard enough, one day we will find the infinitely large in the infinitely small.

Answer 5

you're not the first person to think about this.

i read about the divine proportion in the davinci code, which is the ratio 1.618.

This is the ratio of a lot of living things, take the proportion of your arm for example measure it and work out the ratio of your forearm to the ratio of your upper arm, it should be around 1.618.

There's lot's of natural things, ranging from creatures to star's and we often build buildings using this ratio, as they appear more asthetically pleasing.

Answer 6

If you like universal patterns then you may be interested to know the ratio (swirl) of sunflower seeds is exactly the same as the swirl of a galaxy - same mathmatecal rato

Answer 7

No, we are not. You sound as if you would say that a watermelon and a cloud are pretty much the same thing because 98%, they're both water.
Rather, the similarities and repetition of patterns indicates a single God of incomprehensible power and intelligence/wisdom.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

i won't be able to locate any connection with it is beginning place, a majority of those sayings many times won't be able to be credited. it is human beings know-how, massive snowflakes mean they fell in warmer temperatures and could soften (with a bit of luck) than powdery snow, which falls whilst it is chilly.

Answer 10

Interesting - never thought about it like that. But you do have a point. Nature seems to have a common theme.