June 15, 2010

Fuel for the Fire

Observing the random interactions and pattern cascades of the 26 communication symbols, I added a few more:

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These too, created more interesting patterns and cascades, and if we started to double or triple the symbols in groups, still other cascades became apparent. The pairs were having the most fun with the numeric symbols, and I dutifully explained the relationship between doublings and the counting symbols that were prominent in the central network.

As the explanation continued, other little relationships popped up, like the diminutive symbols that had the same, but calmer, effect on recording the compression-relaxation patterns that were associated with groups of symbols that formed a completely new idea. It was going to be important that there was a different feel for the first symbol in the set and the subsequent symbols. Once they learned these, it would be possible to bounce more pattern groups off of the central network, looking for interesting cascades. More of a joke than to confuse, I pounded out the smaller secondary symbols:

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