Fractals and Nature's Evolution As Explained by Dr Bruce Lipton

Fractals explain all natural phenomenons. Although fractal geometry was theorized at the beginning of the 20th century, it was not until the development of the super computer that we have been able to see the full implications of fractals. Bruce Lipton, cellular biologist, explains in this series of 8 videos from 2005 entitled, As Above, So Below, an Introduction to Fractal Evolution, that Darwin's Theory of Evolution was flawed. Mutations are not mistakes or random, but intentional changes brought about by choices made at the cellular level. And, he adds, because of fractal geometry, we can see that the evolution of humanity is a fractal of the evolution of the earth.

This series of videos on fractals follows his lecture on the nature of the human cell. We can only do what cells can do, Dr. Lipton explains, because we are made of cells which are protein machines that move.

And, why is this important to non-biologists? This is not a math program and this is not a biological treatise. This is a discussion that starts from a biological question, and ends with a spiritual answer.

This is the answer to the meaning of life. Bruce Lipton has taken a scientific theory and given a physical explanation to A Course in Miracles and given further confirmation to the Mayan Calendar which we will marry to his theory.

Fractal Evolution Part 1

Genetic determinism has taken us in the wrong direction, Dr. Lipton asserts. Our health is determined by perceptions, not genetics. Dr. Lipton will show us how (and keep in mind fractals) a cell is able to perceive and respond much as we are able to do.

Darwin's premise that genetic mutations are random was in error. And, his idea that nature selects the strongest does not hold true. Mutations usually detract from the viability of an organism. Nature eliminates the weakest mutations and doesn't really care about the strongest.

Dr. Bruce Lipton states that we desperately need a new theory of evolution. There have been 5 mass extinctions that all but wiped out life on this planet. This coming one, the 6th will occur with the largest planet population by far. And, we don't have much time to get ready.

Part 2

Dr. Lipton starts with a little background on the cell. Each cell has a backbone and the shape is determined by the distribution of positive and negative charges. Proteins can move by changing the charges. They respond to signals from the environment such as energy fields that cause constructive or destructive interference. Such signals cause the backbone to change. A specific stimulus binds to the cell membrane at a specific receptor. When the right signal is present, they work. When the wrong signal is present, they might not work or they might move away. The skin of the cell is the brain of the cell or the mem-brane.

The skin, membrane, is two rows of molecules, mirror image to each other. -- A crystal, but movable. The outside, polar heads are water loving, and the interior, the legs are oil loving lipids. -- Much like a butter sandwich; neither any water or oil objects would easily move through. However, the membrane also has proteins that are called IMP, or integral membrane proteins. These proteins have antennae which are tuned to specific items. If we think of fractals for a moment, these proteins are able to perceive and respond to changes in their environment, just as humans can perceive change and adjust to our environment.

Dr. Lipton shows us a diagram which looks’s just like a butter sandwich to illustrate the membrane above. Let's add olives to the butter in the sandwich he suggests. When pimentos are in, grape juice added to the bread will not pass through, but when the pimento is absent, the grape juice can pass through the open olive.... In a membrane, proteins change shape, effectively opening the olive. The way that they do this is there are two kinds of proteins, receptors and effectors. The first receives stimulation from the environment, changing the protein gears which allows the second to send the signal into the cell. There is a connection between the two which changes the shape of the effector, allowing the item on the outside to pass into and through the cell.

Part 3

Together, the receptor and effector proteins have an awareness of the environment (perception) and transduces this perception into response.

Definition of the membrane: This is a liquid crystal, a semi-conductor (because not everything can go through) containing gates and channels.

"A computer chip is a liquid semiconductor with gates and channels...."

Oh, my, all cells are also batteries. On the outside there is a positive potential, and on the inside there is a negative potential.

The cell membrane is a programmable chip, an organic chip, or a carbon chip. A computer has silicon chips, but they produce the same result.

And, why does Dr. Lipton want us to think about our cell membranes as tiny computers and our cells as tiny batteries? We have 50 trillion cells, which produce a great quantity of information.

Part 4

A bit of data is the input-output of the cell. The cell surface, with all the antennas is the keyboard. When an estrogen hits an estrogen receptor.... Whatever is out there types information into the keys.

The nucleus is just a disk. Once the information is downloaded, you can eject the disk. The 3-d image of the cell is the screen.

How many bits of data does our computer handle? Notice this. The proteins that embed are about the same size as the thickness of the membrane, therefore olives can only be added across the surface. The bigger the bread, the more proteins that can be fit across the surface.... My goodness, the bigger the organism, the more awareness it can have....

Dr. Lipton points us to an article from Science and Society: Ralph Abraham wrote "Mathematical studies of fractals reveal that the repetitive branching-within-branching structure of a fractal represents the best way to get the most surface area within a three dimensional space -- a crucial property for the human lung for instance."

This uses fractal geometry. Euclidian Geometry goes from 0 dimensions to 3 dimensions allowing for only whole numbers.

Crumbling a paper, Lipton explains, causes it to go from 2 dimensions to 2.5. If you cut it anywhere, it's not really more than 2 dimensions, but it is also is no longer relegated to 2 dimensions. You can't make anything in nature using Euclidian geometry. Nature responds to fractal geometry. Plants are fractals. Trees are fractals. Crystals are fractals.

Part 5

In a fractal like the Mandlebrot set, whether you go deeper into it or come out of it, the Mandlebrot shape/set keeps repeating.

This is how a fractal works. You start with one equation, and add some chaos. For example, on the surface of of a circle, make another circle half the size. Repeat. (Here comes a little chaos....) On each third circle, if a coin comes up heads, make the circle a little to the left of center. If the coin comes up tales, make the circle a little to the right of center.

This is fractal geometry, and everything in nature is made this way. When you repeat this equation hundreds of thousands of times, you get something like the Mandlebrot Set.

Do you remember the Rosetta Stone that helped archeologists to learn the meanings of Egyptian Hieroglyphics? The bottom was Greek, a story about kings and queens. The middle was Demotic a modern version of Egyptian, and it told the same story. The top was Hieroglyphics. We made the logical leap that it also told the same story and it allowed us to learn how to read Hieroglyphics. -- As above, so below.