Magnifico Giganticus Posted December 2, 2015 Posted December 2, 2015 Are these patterns examples of fractals? I'm not very good at the math so I don't know. And if so, it there any meaning behind it? Is it a face-value sort of thing with what Kabsal was demonstrating as a proof of the almighty? No more to it than that? Or is this the kind of thing I should read the other Cosmere books to get insight into and avoid spoilers?
DSC01 he/him Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) Well, if you'd like to see Kabsal's demonstration for yourself, here it is: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/Cymatics-FromThe-Film_Inner_Worlds_Outer_Worlds_1.ogg/Cymatics-FromThe-Film_Inner_Worlds_Outer_Worlds_1.ogg.480p.webm Cymatics is a real thing. I don't think that there's any direct relationship to fractals. We don't yet know what the demonstration means on Roshar, but it does offer some clues. Kabsal saw it as proof that the Almighty designed Roshar. I'd say its more likely evidence that those cities were the sites of some crazy battles where one side sent some powerful vibrations through the earth. Edited December 3, 2015 by DSC01 2
Elbereth she/her Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 By the way, when you have questions that you think have already been answered, you can post them in the Question and Answer thread. I believe it's been theorized that it has something to do with the Dustbringers.
DSC01 he/him Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 And here is a better example of cymatics at work: https://youtu.be/Q3oItpVa9fs 1
Stormgate he/him Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 I suspect that it has to do with how Investiture is accessed on Roshar.
DreamEternal Posted December 3, 2015 Posted December 3, 2015 I think it is foreshadowing the nature of the dawnsingers. I, personaly, believe theyr were parshendi using forms if power from Honor and Cultivation instead of Odium. There is also the fact that both voidbringers and dawnsingers were popularly believed to be types of powerful spren, and the dawnsingers existed before the voidbringers, when the parshendi songs say they turned to their gods after the betrayal of spren, but it is not impossible to blend the powers of both peoples.
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