Why can't we perceive higher dimensions?

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Why can't we perceive higher dimensions?
 

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Subrata Paul said:
Why can't we perceive higher dimensions?
What dimensions do you have in mind?
 
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Subrata Paul said:
Why can't we perceive higher dimensions?
Because it is of no evolutionary advantage.
 
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If higher dimensions do exist, are you sure that you are not perceiving them? Maybe, having been born in a universe with higher dimensions, you do perceive them but simply assume that what you are experiencing is part of the normal hustle and bustle of 3 spatial dimensional life. For example, if higher dimensions are responsible for gravity being so much weaker than the other forces, then you do perceive higher dimensions - or at least, you can feel their presence by nature of the fact you are not crushed into degenerate matter.