[QUOTE=mynames2long;20079582]I can grasp the 4th dimension theoretically, but what really boggles my mind is how it would look.[/QUOTE]
You couldn't draw or photo yourself in the 4th dimension, there are and infinite amount of differences in the way you look over your life time.
[QUOTE=Raxas;20128083]It's simply an alternate interpretation- Maybe wrong, maybe ignored and unaccepted among the professional community, but...
Well, I enjoyed it anyway. It was a healthy way to stretch my mind.
Also, don't quote me, but I heard somewhere that the concept of time being the 4th dimension was created for Relativity- or one of the interpretations. It's known as Minkowski space, for the German(?) mathematician who did something important which I forget and won't bother to look up now.
Again, don't quote me- I get most of my knowledge from television and Wikipedia.
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[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Tesseract_net.svg/451px-Tesseract_net.svg.png[/img]
Left- net of a tesseract, a fourth dimensional cube. Right- the tesseract folded, as best as it can be shown.
The net is what you get when you unfold a cube. You know how if you unfold a paper block you get a cross-shape? Well, that's what a net is.[/QUOTE]
brb commiting cell death
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Holy shit I don't know why, but this has sparked a huge interest in me! I got to do some more research!
you lost me after the 4th dimension.
Here's how to think of a fourth spatial dimension.
[img]http://pics.blameitonthevoices.com/092009/full_body_mri.gif[/img]
Each slice is two dimensional, added up they make a 3D image.
Now think of each slice as three dimensional, adding up to make a 4D image.
Why do i always look at threads like this, it's 530am now damnit, i got too deep into thought and mindless clicking through wikipedia again
Wikipedia always has a special abbility to turn what seems simple to learn into a fucking complicated mess.
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