[ExI] [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: Virtual Reality is where the aliens are

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 28 00:33:35 UTC 2015


On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 11:53 AM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:
>>...I know... don't invent dimension just to pose a hypothetical...
>
> On the contrary, do invent dimensions, if the notion explains some
observed phenomenon.

Is it still ok if it is to explain un-observed phenomenon ... or observed
non-phenomenon. :)

>>... Ok, I assume everyone has read Flatland. :) ... Is our spacetime in a
similarly-special address of hyperspacetime?
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> _______________________________________________
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> Might be. Note that the 2D guy in Flatland (terrific book is this) posed
the possibility to his 3D visitor that there is a fourth dimension but the
sphere couldn't comprehend it because he was too 3D. The 2D guy was already
having to open his mind to the possibility of a third dimension, so a
fourth wasn't such a stretch. The whole notion boggled the mind of the
sphere. {8^D
>
> Edwin Abbott was brilliant.

You probably could read the book in about as much time as watch:
http://www.flatlandthemovie.com/ - however the movie does a good of
preserving the intent while updating some of the obsolete social commentary.
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