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Blizzlord

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Self depicting artefacts: the explanation.
« on: April 27, 2012, 11:49:53 pm »
We all get these artefacts that show images of themselves eventually, whether it is planepacked or just some orthcaste table. The popular conception is that it ever repeats infinitely to the point of the universe bending apart, but I have another theory. As proven repeatedly, decorations do not add any additional weight or change the shape of the object. Since the shape of the object does not change, there is no need to depict that. This would mean that the engraving of the object does not feature the decorations themselves.

So in short, there is no Droste effect since decorations do not exist.
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Re: Self depicting artefacts: the explanation.
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2012, 02:54:45 am »
This is a Limestone statue. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. [Imagine several decorations here.]
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