2019 IHCC Men’s Seminar | Saturday Morning Session 2 | Dr. Jason Lisle
(BTW, when he says “sets,” sometimes it sounds like “sex” – Lol)
Have you ever wondered why 2+2 is always 4, no matter where you go? Dr. Jason Lisle explains how the unchanging laws of mathematics reveal the unchanging mind of God. Your daily reliance on math points to something bigger than random chance—something deeply personal.
- The Mandelbrot set is a very complex and detailed shape; in fact it is infinitely detailed. If we zoom in on a graphed piece of the Mandelbrot set, we see that it appears even more complicated than the original. In Figure 2, we have zoomed in on the “tail” of the Mandelbrot set. And what should we find but another (smaller) version of the original; a “baby” Mandelbrot set is built into the tail of the “parent.” This new, smaller Mandelbrot set also has a tail containing a miniature version of itself, which has a miniature version of itself, etc.—all the way to infinity. The Mandelbrot set is called a “fractal”3 since it has an infinite number of its own shape built into itself. (Answers In Genesis)
This does have a connection to geology, BTW. An older video from Calvary Chapel can be found here:
In this workshop, creation scientist Dr. Jason Lisle explores numbers, using fractals to help show the incredible beauty in even abstract mathematics. Around 36 minutes into the workshop, Dr. Lisle explores the nature of math itself, showing how math simply doesn’t make sense apart from a biblical worldview.
While this isn’t a light video (expect to have to think a little…although you can still get the general idea even if you don’t get the mathematical details), it is an encouraging reminder that there’s amazing beauty in math…and that God is the Creator of that beauty.