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<blockquote data-quote="Moonsword" data-source="post: 605423" data-attributes="member: 7174"><p>Okaaay... That makes sense. I can't picture it in my head, but it does make sense. I think. I hate multi-dimension physics and geometry like that. The basis of it is that 2D is a representation of 3d w/o depth, and then 3D is a representation of a 4-dimensional object. Each sphere is part of the fourth-dimensional object, and is a cross-section. The same holds true whether the 4th dimension is time or some form of 'spatial' dimension. In temporal interpratations, the cross-section is of a given time. In spatial, the cross-section is one part of a larger whole, maybe alternate realities.</p><p></p><p>The problem is, the human mind can only think in three dimensions normally, in standard terms. To see anything, or imagine it in normal terms, most human minds have to break it down into three dimensions. Unfortunately, higher-order dimensional representations don't break down that way very well, and so, most people have to work with it through metaphor.</p><p></p><p>I'm familiar with the subject, I just don't like it. What was making my head spin was that I had no real way to track what element related to what, and how. It just didn't make much sense to me. I could figure it out, given time, but you really do need to give a visual representation of something like that, even if it is only a graph. That will let people understand what they're looking at much faster. It will also make quick reference far easier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Moonsword, post: 605423, member: 7174"] Okaaay... That makes sense. I can't picture it in my head, but it does make sense. I think. I hate multi-dimension physics and geometry like that. The basis of it is that 2D is a representation of 3d w/o depth, and then 3D is a representation of a 4-dimensional object. Each sphere is part of the fourth-dimensional object, and is a cross-section. The same holds true whether the 4th dimension is time or some form of 'spatial' dimension. In temporal interpratations, the cross-section is of a given time. In spatial, the cross-section is one part of a larger whole, maybe alternate realities. The problem is, the human mind can only think in three dimensions normally, in standard terms. To see anything, or imagine it in normal terms, most human minds have to break it down into three dimensions. Unfortunately, higher-order dimensional representations don't break down that way very well, and so, most people have to work with it through metaphor. I'm familiar with the subject, I just don't like it. What was making my head spin was that I had no real way to track what element related to what, and how. It just didn't make much sense to me. I could figure it out, given time, but you really do need to give a visual representation of something like that, even if it is only a graph. That will let people understand what they're looking at much faster. It will also make quick reference far easier. [/QUOTE]
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