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Hi ZapperZ, Ok. Thanks for your response. You've given me something to think about. I think I'll do some more research on the subject before adding more material. Best Regards, Dave

Hi ZapperZ, I used the word subjective when I of course meant human observer. Sorry for the confusion. regards, Dave

Bob K I am not questioning the fact that we as human's experience a 3D-universe. I stated as much in my original post. This is not the point. What I am trying to discover is whether there is an objective method of proving that the universe around us really is 3D. This means that any...

Thanks Bob K for your very lucid description of the theory of proprioceptive cognition. I would argue that this is just a theory which might explain how a human being perceives three dimensions. It does not however supply me with a proof that an outer reality of three dimensions really exists...

Thanks for the reaction. I missed your thread, sorry. I'll take a look through these references. Regards, Dave

I’m was not sure where this topic should be placed but it seemed that General Physics might be the best place. I apologize if I have guessed wrongly. In a discussion elsewhere on the subject of the world as we experience it through our senses, the point was made that we only receive...

expansion on the local scale The expansion of the universe is indeed a difficult concept to explain without resort to mathematics. Assuming for the moment that the expansion of spacetime is a fact then the bodies in the solar system are also receding from each other. I've seen arguments by...