The coastline paradox relies on the assumption that the coast is equally “jagged” at all levels. Is this actually true? I mean, if I go to the beach and look at the line where the water meets the land it doesn’t really seem like a fractal to me.
The outer boundary of land masses gets smoothed out by erosion from the water, right?
The outer boundary of land masses gets smoothed out by erosion from the water, right?