okay, so the past week I have been off school, giving me a bit of time to think about multi-dimensional physics. I was pondering this piece of information:
we live in 3 dimensions, and live through the 4th
Explanation:
We, or anything else in this world, are 3 dimensional shapes, but we exist in the 4th dimension, time. Reasonable enough- without time we would not be able to live, so it seems right to say we live in it.
But, after a long time of thinking, came up with this one:
there are x dimensions and nothing can exist without living in all of them.
Explanation:
we don't know how many dimensions there are (string theory says 11, I think), but we can visualise 4 of them (those 4 being height, width, length and time).
Forget bout the other possible dimensions for the moment, and focus on these ones. if one of those dimensions is missing from an object, then that object cannot exist.
E.G. is a shape has x length, y width, but no height, then it cannot exist physically, because it would be too thin. Also, if something has x length, y width, z height, but has no existence in time, then it does not exist, because the length of time it is around for is infinitesimal- which, arguably, is 0.
So, now you understand (I hope) that without any one dimension, something cannot exist, you can begin to reason that perhaps, there are other dimensions. The only problem is that the human mind cannot comprehend them, but we can accept their existence nonetheless. Each one would be different to the other, but have the same importance as any of the 4 dimensions we can comprehend.. Get it?
It's okay if you don't, don't really either. XD
12 July 2008
On The Subject Of Dimensions
Posted by Max PW at 21:07
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Why do you think Time is a dimension?
It is generally accepted by the scientific community, isn't it?
We tend to think of dimensions as physical things, that we can see, or touch. Time is not like that, but just as important. We need it just as much as we need depth-
can you imagine a world without depth?
can you imagine a world without time?
We need both of them, and who is to say there aren't more, that we cannot visualise?
I'm not a part of said "scientific community".
This could very well be a world without depth. It's difficult to explain, but it's possible.
My concept of time is not that it is a thing, but in a change of things. If nothing changed, there would be no time.
So. I don't really view things in dimensions anyway, but I guess that's personal preference.
Well, you can view the world, or universe in two ways(extremes):
1) it is nothing more than a collection of stuff, completely pointless and random- any feelings we may seem to experience are just changes in this stuff, and completely random1
2) We all have souls, and the world, or universe, has a reason- basically the polar opposite to number 1.
Those two are the logical, cold approach, and the personal, emotional, warm approach respectively.
Most people believe in a combinaton of the two, whic is understandable- but the logical part of my brain thinks in the 1st point, utterly and completely, but the rest of me, although logical, is creative, artistic, spiritual and all sorts of other things like that.
We all see the world in many ways, and it seems you tend more towards the spritual side of things.
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