I think I get an idea where you are coming from, though, and I lost all interest in discussing with you.
Oh, so sorry.
PS. I got that as consciously and purposely insulting.
What I wanted to say, and probably failed, is that beautiful patterns do not form any interesting science, that is they lead to no knowledge. This is a classical dichotomy between intuitionist/inductive and deductive philosophies of science.
I think cellular automata provide at least one way to study complex systems, which is a relevant field of study.