Snowflakes

[jake.com]

a recent substitute was trying to use the face that no two snowflakes are alike to prove that some higher power or energy was acting upon it. can somebody explain why snowflakes are like this?

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake#Uniqueness

 

Wikipedia can!

[Mr Skeptic]

No puddles of mud are exactly alike either!

[Phi for All]

So when we see symmetry and uniformity in nature it must be a higher power acting upon it, and when we see complete randomness with no two objects alike it must be a higher power acting upon it? Is this the same higher power that acts upon the simple and elegant as well as the incredibly complex?

[jake.com]

So when we see symmetry and uniformity in nature it must be a higher power acting upon it, and when we see complete randomness with no two objects alike it must be a higher power acting upon it? Is this the same higher power that acts upon the simple and elegant as well as the incredibly complex?

 

thats what i told him.

[toastywombel]

a recent substitute was trying to use the face that no two snowflakes are alike to prove that some higher power or energy was acting upon it. can somebody explain why snowflakes are like this?

 

Maybe that is why he is a substitute and not a teacher.

[Mr Skeptic]

Well the "higher power" that makes snowflakes is the laws of physics. Snowflakes are a type of water crystal. There are several types of water crystal, some of them are hexagonal. Guess what shape snowflakes are?

[jake.com]

Well the "higher power" that makes snowflakes is the laws of physics. Snowflakes are a type of water crystal. There are several types of water crystal, some of them are hexagonal. Guess what shape snowflakes are?

 

wild guess... hexagonal?

[swansont]

http://blogs.scienceforums.net/swansont/archives/4302