Quote Originally Posted by lateralus
My friend was once obsessed with how to "cube a cube". I mean.. dude wouldn't shut up about it. When a square makes the transition to a cube, another dimension is added. Thus we're at three dimensions. So how would we 'cube a 'cube'? Well, the only logical thing I could decide to do is to attempt to figure out what the fourth dimension is, which is commonly accepted as time, no? So I draw a square on paper to illustrate it, along with a cube, and a second cube (with rust on it, heh.) to illustrate the fourth dimension. But could the fourth dimension really be time, when, since the moment I drew the square on the paper, it began to age?
The relation between time and the third dimension isn't quite the same as the relation between the third dimension and the second. A four-dimensional cube, technically called a tesseract, would have an extra dimension at 90° angles to the three dimensions we know, just like the third dimension in a cube is at 90° angles to both dimensions in the square. You might be interested in reading Flatland, a classic 19th century work describing a square in a 2D world that discovers the third dimension.
Oneironaut Reviewed by Oneironaut on . Things You Think About, That probably no one else does Post some thoughts you have about the world around you that you are almost certain no one else has. This can also bleed into actions, but mostly thoughts. Somtimes, when im really stoned....ill gtet into well deep thought about a meteor or somthing smashing through just the vehicle im in and killing everyone inside....this especially happens when im on the bus.....i kinda sit there waiting for it to happen....sort of expecting it to happen what do you think about that you dont think Rating: 5