Jan

8

I'm reading a book, the Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto, about snowflakes. The author claims that thoughts affect the creation of snowflakes and the patterns of the water crystals. It reminded me of symmetries in nature. Snowflakes are constructed in a binary process. Similar are the formation of cellular automata described by Wolfram in A New Kind of Science whose ideas have been trashed on this list in past years. In each of the processes, a simple binary process is used to generate complex structures, each with a strong degree of symmetry in the multitude of generated forms. It is said that no two snowflakes are alike. In addition to the broad claims of the authors, the symmetry principles also apply well to the market, which is constructed in a binary process similar to the cellular automata and snowflakes.

Take Friday's drop and range and look at today's morning range and afternoon pop and see the symmetry being formed. The process of winding down buys and sells within a system, and the subsequent release of those same energies in a consistent system tend to form symmetrical structures. There is of course a random element and also new sources of energy which add a noise factor, but there is some tendency towards symmetry in the markets which could be tested. It could be considered the hidden messages in the price data.

Kim Zussman comments:

Speaking of the space telescope and symmetry, here are some images of (rather symmetrical) planetary nebulae from HST:

These are luminous shells of gas expelled by average stars (like our sun) at the end of their lives. The gas of spent stars can be swept up into nebulae capable of forming new stars.

Large stars end their lives as supernovae. There is a huge explosion following an implosion, in which elements heavier than oxygen are formed.

The biggest stars blaze short and brilliant, and in their corpses germinate the seeds of new beginnings.

(now hum the 2001 Space Odyssey tune…)


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