Philosophical musings on recursion, fractals, and the nature of existence.
The Infinite Loop of Life
Recursion is a concept that fascinates computer scientists and philosophers alike. A function that calls itself. A mirror facing a mirror.
The Base Case
Every recursive function needs a base case, a condition to stop the infinite loop. Without it, we get a stack overflow. In life, what is our base case? Is it death? Or is it enlightenment?
Fractals
Nature loves recursion. The branching of a tree, the spiral of a shell, the coastline of a continent. These are fractals, self-similar patterns that repeat at every scale. We are code, written in DNA, executing a recursive algorithm that has been running for billions of years.
The Stack
We push memories onto the stack of our minds. Sometimes we pop them off to reminisce. Sometimes the stack gets too full, and we forget. But the algorithm continues.