Go Fractal [was Re: "to boldly go"]

[Mark Mandel]

And on glancing back up at Russ's quote of what I wrote, I see that I was
using it differently there.... Ah me, going fractal on the Web. Time to get
dressed and go to work.

m a m

On Jan 31, 2008 8:30 AM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure I've ever heard/read it: I think I may (be one of many who)
> have coined it independently.
>
> I mean by it: continually and repeatedly get involved with details and
> offshoots of a task/topic/etc., getting more and more deeply involved and
> further and further away from what I was originally doing. VERY easy to do
> on the Web! ... and very hazardous for one with Attention Deficit Disorder!
>
> --
> Mark Mandel
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2008 2:57 AM, Russ McClay <mcclay at taolodge.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, Mark Mandel wrote:
> >
> > > Well, you never can tell around here. These conversations, like
> > research,
> > > can go fractal. (And I, for one, like that.)
> >
> > I hadn't heard that expression "go fractal" used that way
> > before (altho Google results show it's around).
> >
> > I really like that!
> >
> > Russ
> >
>
>


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