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DavidSnider
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When physicists talk about 4+ dimensional space are these real spatial/temporal/something dimensions or just mathematical constructs that are the only known way to accurately describe the observed behavior?
Take the flatland example... We live on a 2D Plane and see a 3D Object (say a sphere) descend through our plane and leave a weird pulsating circle that appears and disappears all over the place.
The flatlanders can easily come up with a 3D model that describes the behavior, but how do they know it's not just some really complex 2D behavior they don't understand?
Take the flatland example... We live on a 2D Plane and see a 3D Object (say a sphere) descend through our plane and leave a weird pulsating circle that appears and disappears all over the place.
The flatlanders can easily come up with a 3D model that describes the behavior, but how do they know it's not just some really complex 2D behavior they don't understand?
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