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165.1 | WHAT ABOUT OTHER DIMENSIONS?! | 25725::KLAES | Avoid a granfalloon. | Tue Sep 09 1986 18:33 | 11 |
| If you want to discuss other dimensions, let's!
I believe that other levels of reality exist - one reason being
under the theory that each action has an infinite number of ways
to occur, thus numerous realities are created with each step!
I also believe that Heaven and Hell are alternate realities
relying on a different type of physics.
Larry
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165.2 | to sleep prechance... | LEANOV::GARY | inclined to go barefoot... | Tue Sep 09 1986 19:12 | 19 |
| I not sure wiether I believe in other dimensions or not, I do however
have one interesting piece of information to offer on the subject.
Since I was I child I have had a re-accuring (sp?) dream where I
was in a parallel dimension. That is it was almost, but not exactly
the same as this world, in one for instance Shakespere was never
born. In most of then the alpabet is differant and I have a difficult
time reading, also the money isn't exactly the same and I have a
constanst fear of being accused of some crime beacuse of that.
Thru out the dream I have a strong desire to get home, and I worried
about being discovered as some one who doesn't belong.
I've never run into anyone else who has had a simular experiance,
but I have to admit I havn't asked very many people either...
-vicki
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165.3 | RE 165.2 | 25725::KLAES | Avoid a granfalloon. | Wed Sep 10 1986 10:29 | 14 |
| It is VERY interesting that you mentioned your parallel dimension
experience in the form of a DREAM, because there is a part to the
theory I mentioned in 165.1 about infinite realities being created
with every action which states that dreams are one way of "connecting"
with those alternate realities - perhaps you are keeping in touch
with the dimensions which resulted from actions NOT taken by you
in this reality.
Even conservative scientists today will admit there is some
credit to the possibility of at least one universe beyond ours;
I believe there are MANY, all as real (or imaginary?) as our own.
Larry
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165.4 | Dimensions? | INK::KALLIS | | Wed Sep 10 1986 14:07 | 53 |
| "Dimensions," alas, are used in two many ways.
Disregarding "time" as a dimension:
I suspect what people really are talking about here are "alternate
space-time continuua." Just to make things a little clearer:
A zero-dimensional "universe" would be a dimensionless point --
a location.
A one-dimensional "universe" would be a line, extending to infinity.
This line could contain an infinite number of points (or
zero-dimensional universes).
A two-dimensional "universe" would be a plane, extending to infinity.
This plane would contain an infinite number of lines (one-dimensional
universes).
A three-dimensional "universe" would be a volume, extending to
infinity. This volume would contain an infinite number of planes (etc.)
A four-dimensional "universe" would be a hypervolume, extending
to infinity. This hypervolume would contain an infinite number
of volumes (etc).
This can be extended up as far as you want to venture into
n-dimensional geometry, and is mathematically valid for both Euclidian
and negative-warped spaces. (The general law is that an n-dimensional
universe is a transcendant-volume containing an infinite numner
of [n-1]-volume universes.)
Having said _that_, let's go back to good old "ordinary"
three-dimensionality. If we from our three-dimensional viewpoint
look at a book, we can consider each page a two-dimensional space
(a plane); that these "lie `next' to" each other from our perspective
-- from the perspective of a two-dimensional being, though, these
planes couldn't exist (save the being move in a direction it can't
comprehend).
Bump up the dimensions one: now from a fourth-dimensional perspective,
this universe could be one of a number of similar hyperplanes "lieing
`next' to" each other in a way that book pages do in the
two-dimensional example.
These other hyperplanes are what most people call "other dimensions."
We can talk about alternate continuua _or_ other dimensions, but,
without trying to be mean, I suspect we'll get farther with a little
precision of language.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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165.5 | RE 165.4 | 25725::KLAES | Avoid a granfalloon. | Wed Sep 10 1986 14:23 | 8 |
| I was referring to EVERY type of possible "alternate reality";
since we know so little about them beyond speculation, I feel it
is wise to discuss them all, as it is logical to assume that other
realities can have alternate dimensions - using your definitions.
Larry
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165.6 | re .5 | INK::KALLIS | | Wed Sep 10 1986 14:37 | 12 |
| Okay, let's for the ,moment just stay within our continuum. Anyone
who's operated an ordinary transistor (or tube) radio at some times
becomes aware that there are multitudes of radio stations broadcasting
simultaneiusly (some AM, some FM) and that we have to use a device
to "tune in" one of them to the exclusion of the rest. Within our
own space, there may be numerous "realities" that one needs just
to learn how to "tune into."
This is what in a crude way some mystics speak of.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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165.7 | RE 165.6 | 25725::KLAES | Avoid a granfalloon. | Wed Sep 10 1986 18:24 | 7 |
| True. We ourselves exist in the Third AND Fourth Dimensions,
the Fourth being Time, which we in the Third dimension can only
move in one direction - "forward" (unless we build a time machine
someday!).
Larry
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165.8 | Spiritual dimensions as metaphor and S. Dali | PBSVAX::COOPER | Topher Cooper | Wed Sep 10 1986 19:14 | 27 |
| I agree with Steve -- generally the use of terms like "dimensions" and
"higher planes" in occult, mystical and spiritual contexts is meant to be
metaphorical rather than literal. Only in quite modern times has the
concept of "physical" dimensions greater than three been taken seriously.
My favorite example of the use of this metaphor, in this case for a
religious purpose, is Dali's beautiful painting "Corpus Hypercubus" (or
some such) also called, "Christ on a Hypercube". I believe that it is
hanging in the Metropolitan museum of art in New York.
It shows a vast checkerboard plane. Suspended over the plane is the
geometric figure which represents a hypercube cut apart and unfolded into
three dimensions (I won't bother to explain here in more detail how this
3-D shape is related to the 4-cube; but if you don't know what it looks
like, imagine four cubes stacked one on top of the other, then place a cube
on each of the four exposed faces of the second cube from the top). Christ
is crucified on the hypercube. In the foreground is a cliff, on the top of
which is a figure gazing worshipfully at the crucified Christ. The whole
thing has that gorgeous, crystal clear, luminous quality that is so
distinctly Dali.
The interpretation, as I understand it, is that it is a statement of the
basic Christian belief that the crucifixion of Christ was an event on the
"higher" spiritual "plane" as well as the mundane, physical "plane"
(symbolized by the checkerboard landscape).
Topher
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165.9 | | TLE::BRETT | | Wed Sep 10 1986 23:01 | 8 |
|
Surely if it affects you, ie: if you can detect it, then almost
by definition it is part of your own reality. Therefore there may
be large numbers of other realities, but by definition it really
doesn't matter at all because there is no way you can detect them/they
can affect you.
/Bevin
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165.10 | CHECK SF 216 ON OTHER REALITIES | 25725::KLAES | Avoid a granfalloon. | Thu Sep 11 1986 10:28 | 12 |
| There is some more discussion on other dimensions (or alternate
realities, if you prefer) in MTV::SF Note 216.
This is NOT a reply saying take this discussion elsewhere -
I think there's some great feedback here.
I was wondering if anyone thinks there is any plausibility to
theory I mentioned in 165.4 that dreams are "connections" with
alternate realities.
Larry
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165.11 | simultaneous lives? | AKOV68::FRETTS | | Thu Sep 11 1986 14:12 | 17 |
| RE .4 .10
Larry,
When you speak of alternate realities, are you speaking of
"simultaneous" lives and "aspect" selves? These terms are
used by spirit teacher Seth in the books by Jane Roberts.
I don't know if I really grasp the concepts, but just the
idea of it is very interesting and exciting.
The feeling I got about the dream mentioned in .4 was that
possibly the person actually has lived in a very different world
before incarnating here, and that the strange world is actually
this one!
Carole Fretts
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165.12 | RE 165.11 | 25725::KLAES | Avoid a granfalloon. | Thu Sep 11 1986 14:50 | 11 |
| Yes, I do mean a "simultaneous life" in the sense that these
are numerous "yous" which are the results of actions NOT taken by
you in this reality.
I myself am trying to look at this issue from the more scientific
view, as I feel it is easier to "test out", but as I said before,
we know so little about other realities, it would be foolish to
rule out any concepts.
Larry
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165.13 | fictional treatment | 3729::CONNELLY | I think he broke the President, man! | Thu Sep 11 1986 21:20 | 5 |
| re: .10
I think there's a science fiction book called "Infinity's Web" that
uses that as a premise. (oops, was that what your note in SF started
out with?)
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165.14 | sounds in the night | IKE::NOLAN | | Fri Sep 12 1986 16:50 | 12 |
| re: .10
I have been thinking about those times, in my dreams, when something
makes a racket in the context of the dream, and I wake suddenly
to find that something has really fallen on the floor or one of
my children has bumped into something on the way to the bathroom.
I have often wondered how the dream can instantly include these
extraneous sound effects in its story line.
I am one of those who feel the dreamworld is indeed another world,
or another dimension. It fascinates me to think where this experience
fits.
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165.15 | dream senses | CSC32::M_BAKER | | Fri Sep 12 1986 19:40 | 19 |
| I think dreams are pretty interesting and sometimes the other dimension
theory seems to go a long way toward explaining them. I do think that
there is more than one type of dream. Some of them are pretty
fantastic and some are almost indistinguishable from reality. I've
noticed the incorporation of external sounds also. What I find
interesting is the way the various senses operate selectively in
dreams. Most of the time I don't notice whether my dreams are color
or black and white. Sometimes though, I'll wake up remembering
particulary vivid colors like a bright red fire truck. Most of the
time things are kind of vague but sometimes I'll remember fine
details, like I was focusing in some fine print. I don't ever remember
smelling anything in a dream but I do remember tasting food and drink.
If we do visit other dimensions, are those dimensions the same as
this one? If they are, then can the apparent differences be explained
by the dream state or the perception of the dreamer? If dreams are
just random static by the subconscious and all made up, why are they
fabricated the way they are?
Mike
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165.16 | WHO'S WHO - AND WHERE? | 25725::KLAES | Avoid a granfalloon. | Mon Sep 15 1986 14:21 | 7 |
| There is an ancient philosophical Chinese story about a man
who awoke from a dream about being a butterfly, and wondered if
he was a man dreaming he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming
he was a man.
Larry
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165.17 | I was only...dreaming, dreaming | IONIAN::DANTONIO | DDA | Tue Sep 30 1986 13:50 | 23 |
| In _Illusions_, Richard Bach mentions that when we see other aspects
of reality (Richard was talking to his dead friend Don at the time),
us normal, sane Earthlings see it as a dream. On the other hand, I say that
most dreams are simply our brains doin' what comes natural. Dreaming is a
necessary thing for humans and we tend to go crazy if deprived of it. Also,
some of the mechanisms involved have been puzzled out and are very helpful
in explaining particular aspects of sleep and dreams. For example, when we
dream, a chemical is released that "locks up" the motor area in the brain
which makes sure that we don't act out the dream, physically. If that area
doesn't get unlocked soon enough on awakening, we can experience the
"paralyzed" dream/feeling. As for incorporating outside sounds into the
dream, my guess would be a simple survival mechanism! Let's face it, sleep
is a pretty low-survival thing to do. About the only way to know if there is
something out there is by sound, since the eyes are closed and it is usually
dark as well. So it would make sense that loud sounds or voices or babies
crying would cut right into the dream and get our attention.
I also think that the subconscious (and other things, perhaps) can more
easily communicate/poke at us when we are dreaming and the brain will just
weave it into the plot, without skipping a beat. Thus, alot can be gained by
studing both the physical basis for dreaming and the content as well.
DDA
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165.18 | RE 165.17 | EDEN::KLAES | I enjoy working with people. | Tue Sep 30 1986 14:51 | 14 |
| In regards to that mechanism which locks physical activity while
dreaming, and if it doesn't unlock, we can still experience the
dream while awake - that would explain why I once awoke from a dream
and saw a character from my dream - an old man - standing at the
end of my bed talking to whomever he was talking to in my dream!
He disappeared about ten seconds later, but only after I had to
sit up and bed and tried to touch him - that's how real the image
looked!
What I am telling is the truth, and it was scary!
Has anyone else experienced having a dream while still awake?!
Larry
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165.19 | I dream what I hear too | NATASH::BUTCHART | | Wed Oct 01 1986 09:40 | 12 |
| Re: .17
I have also had noises cut into, and get woven into, the plots of
my dreams. A few nights ago there were Great Horned owls hooting
in our backyard. I was dreaming that I heard them, went outside,
and saw one swoop down to try to snatch up my cat. I beat the owl
off my cat (in the dream) and scooped it up, scurrying inside with
it. When I woke, and realized I was _really_ hearing owls, I sat
bolt upright and thought, "my god, is my cat inside or outside?"
It was a great relief to see her sleeping on my husband's foot.
Marcia
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165.20 | noise in the night | GUMDRP::FIELDSC | EAGLES LIKE TROUT | Wed Oct 01 1986 11:20 | 14 |
| The first dream that i remember noises were part of it was years
ago. In my dream i was sitting at this outdoor cafe drinking something
and talking to a friend. then the noise started , looking across
the street (in the dream) a roadwork crew started in with jackhammers
and other lound banging. After waking up in the morning and sitting
down for my breakfast , my mother asked me if i heard my brother
who came home a day early from a vacation, banging on the door and
ringing the bell (the bell is one of those old pull doorknob type
and this thing sounds like a jackhammer) i said to my mom "oh that
was dave making all that noise i thought i was dreaming it" then
i just laughed because he was outside for about an hour or so and
it was cold and raining !
chris
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165.21 | | TLE::BRETT | | Wed Oct 01 1986 22:35 | 5 |
| After about 48 hours with no sleep, I "dream" while "awake". I
try to avoid this situation as much as possible, but it has happened
a couple of times in my 29.25 yrs..
/Bevin
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165.22 | Hmmm - who wants to extend this one...? | NEXUS::DEVINS | 256K WOM | Fri Oct 10 1986 19:13 | 13 |
|
I want to revisit the dimensions question that started this
discussion. If time is the fourth dimension of our reality (a
theory I accept, the fifth also exists within the equation
E=M*Csquared where C is a constant. Thus anything in our reality
(universe) can be also be defined in terms of its location along
a line extending from E (pure energy) to M (pure mass).
Now: we can identify pressures (atmospheric and others) which
are in terms of applied "E". Where does this lead us next? I'm
not sure, but in any case we're living in at least a five-dimensional
universe all dimensions of which can be defined...
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165.23 | Its best to leave physics and dimensions to physicisst | TLE::BRETT | | Fri Oct 10 1986 20:17 | 6 |
| re: .-1
Modern physics is far to complex to be susceptible to such a simplistic
view of energy/mass.
/Bevin
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165.24 | In a pigs eye. | PBSVAX::COOPER | Topher Cooper | Tue Oct 14 1986 12:34 | 42 |
| RE: .23
The title of the note I'm REPLYing to is:
"Its best to leave physics and dimensions to physicisst"
I wholeheartedly, and unreservedly DISAGREE with this statement.
Science has a dark twin -- scientism. Scientism is the tendency
to view science as a religion: its practice as a secret Mystery,
its practioners as priests and priesteses, and its (current) theories
as Dogma.
There are few things more harmful to the scientific enterprise than
Scientism. It is particularly harmful since it disguises itself
so well as its enemy and because it is such an almighty temptation
which must be faught at all times.
ITS BEST **NOT** TO LEAVE PHYSICS TO PHYSICISTS. It is best to
learn as much as you can manage about it.
A physicist is simply someone who has decided to spend a particular
effort on that relatively narrow area. They are not necessarily
wiser or smarter than someone else.
And speculation is an essential part of learning/doing science (in
science there really is no distinction between learning and doing).
I would only council a touch of humility. Remember that what you
have learned is a simplification of what is true. Of course, I
would council all scientists the same.
The statement (.22) which is rejected in .23 as simplistic is not
simplistic at all. It is, apparently, based on some misunderstanding
generated by *simplifications* of current theories/views, but it
shows some sophisticated thinking.
It is never wrong to try to understand, and it is never wrong to
speculate -- it is only wrong to be sure you understand and to elevate
your speculations to the status of facts.
Topher
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165.25 | Pigs Have Wings ... :-) | INK::KALLIS | | Tue Oct 14 1986 13:08 | 36 |
| Re .22-.24:
Maybe here a small point's worh noting [again: I've mentioned aspects
of this elsewhere]: There's a difference between _theoretical models_
and reality.
"Science," in its broadest sense is the collection of and systemization
of knowledge in such a fashion as to provide fresh insights aboyut
our environment. It is based on an article of faith: "the coinditions
that caused a certain effect, if duplicatesd, will always produce
that effect." Thus, because there "always has been" a sunsise,
there "always will be." [Not counting cloudy days. ;-)] Given that
article of faith, however, the way any branch of science works is
that sufficient facts are observed, recorded, and compared so that
they can be used as a basis for predicting effects.
Once these facts are correlated, a _theoretical model_ is developed.
It might be the Gamow "nuclear fluid" model of the atom or the P.
A. M. Dirac model of subatomic particles (positive and antipositive).
The key thing is that the model _doesn't have to be "true"_ in
order to work. A scientist might use a model of convenience to
"get a handle" on an effect without believing it's "true."
The problem comes in when this is explained to a layman. The
communication link is such that the layman thinks that he or she
is getting The Word from a source On High. Then a scientific theory
is treated like Holy Writ, which it isn't.
A scientist is perfectly happy [in theory, scientists being human]
to throw out a theoretical model for a better one. Does that make
the old model less "true?" No; it just doesn't _fi_t as well for
observed phenomena.
Steve Kallis, Jr.
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165.26 | Space and time and other trivialities | PBSVAX::COOPER | Topher Cooper | Tue Oct 14 1986 14:53 | 95 |
| RE .22
One of the universals (i.e., it is believed to occur in all languages)
of language change is a process called generalization. This is when a
somewhat specialized word acquires an additional sense (meaning) which
is a generalization of the old one. Sometimes the old one disappears
and sometimes it continues to be used.
The "original" meaning of dimension referred only to space. It was
realized that only a very slight generalization of the concept covered
time as well. Einstein showed that without that generalization the
concept was really incomplete: i.e., except under the specialized
conditions we normally encounter space and time cannot really be
cleanly separated. Although they are *still* different in character,
any attempt to describe one without the other will be inaccurate.
There was a further, much broader generalization made, however. If
you make a "plot" of, for example, the energy of a system against the
amount of time which has passed from some arbitrary time, then the
energy is being represented as a "distance", that is, it has "become"
a dimension.
This is only a part of the reason that physicists feel comfortable
referring to properties of a system as "dimension" but the whole
reason, though more complicated, is really no more profound (also, no
less -- converting an arbitrary quantity to a distance by plotting is
a much more profound concept than is generally realized). When
something like energy is referred to as a "dimension", the word is
being used to mean something other than what it generally means when
we refer to dimensions of space or space/time. Unless you are
involved with the math on at least a moderately complicated level, it
is better to ignore this sense of the word completely. It won't help
your understanding at all, and it can lead to misunderstandings.
One way of looking at spatial dimensions concerns trying to find an
object. We can find an object by giving three numbers in an arbitrary
coordinate system. For example, I could say that my office is, say,
up three flights of stairs on the main stairwell, twenty feet left
from the top of the stairs and then thirty feet left. It is the need
for three numbers that makes our space three dimensional.
In some contexts the value for one or more coordinates can be
"understood" and so not specified. If I was giving you directions to
get to a restaurant I would give you the street and number (two
dimensions) but would probably not bother to give you a height unless
it were not at or close to the understood street level.
But wait; I'll probably be moving my office sometime in the next two
years. If in two years you follow the directions I gave you won't find
my office (though you might find what used to be my office). There is
really a *fourth* coordinate which is generally understood as "around
now". If instead of locating "objects" we talk about locating events
(which may include the "event" of an object simply "being there") then
we include time as well.
This concept of an event requiring four dimensions to be located was
well understood before Einstein. H.G. Wells even includes an account
very similar to mine in his book *The*Time*Machine*.
What Einstein discovered was that if you ask two different observers
*where* an event occurred, you will get an answer which is not only
different for the two observers, but quite arbitrarily different.
Similarly, if you ask the two observers *when* the event occurred, you
will get a similarly arbitrary answer, even after compensating for the
time it takes for each to observe it due to the finite speed of light.
However, if you ask the two observers *where-and-when* the event
occurs, looking at all four numbers for each of them, then the
difference between the two observers is not arbitrary, but follows a
simple conversion factor. If you only look at the time coordinate or
only look at the space coordinates then there is no way to convert
from the set of coordinates used by one observer to that used by the
other. But looking at the four space/time coordinates allow you to
determine from what one saw what the other could see.
Although, time and space are mixed-up, they still have different
properties. You can ask an observer whether time or space is the "more
important" part of the distance between two events, and they can do
some calculations and give you the answer. Einstein called the
distance between two events an "interval", and said that the interval
was "space-like" if space was "more important", or "time-like" if time
was "more important" to an observer. Although there might be some
disagreements about by how much, according to Einstein, every observer
would always agree on whether any given interval is space-like or
time-like.
The relationship between mass and energy, described by E=MC^2 is
similar, by the way. It says much more than that one can be
"converted" into the other. It says that what appears to be energy,
specifically kinetic energy, to one observer, will appear to be mass
to another, and vice versa. Neither observer is wrong -- they are
both right. Mass and energy are different ways of looking at the same
thing.
Topher
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165.27 | Is it 4? 5? or 11? | TLE::DELONG | Gary DeLong, TLE | Tue Oct 14 1986 21:52 | 35 |
| Re: .22
Getting back to the question of dimensions > 4. Having my undergraduate
and graduate work in physics, perhaps this question has been left
to me :-). It's a little rusty (not much of Schroedinger in software),
but I'll try and reflect on what I remember.
We all recall the equation E = mc**2; however, that isn't exactly
as Einstein stated it. The equation for a particle of rest mass
m *AND* momentum p is:
E**2 = (p**2)(c**2) + (m**2)(c**4)
I leave it as an exercise to the reader to show that for momentums
near 0, this will reduce to the standard equation.
Now things get a bit fuzzy, but as I recall all of this is derived
from vector calculus using something called 4-vectors. The way we
are used to viewing things are by the spatial coordinates (x,y,z).
The classic 4 vector has time added in (x,y,z,t). There are other
4 vectors, and I believe one of them involves momentum and energy.
Alot of the rest revolves around Electricity and Magnetism.
The bottom line is that all this about energy and mass can come
about working in the 4 dimensions (the 4th being time).
Now, if you are real interested in what Physics is doing with
dimensions there was an article in Scientific American a couple
of months ago about Superstrings. It is a theory by which all forces
can be explained by using (I think) 11 dimensions. Rather heavy
stuff!
Hope this helps.
Gary
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165.29 | Clarification on N-Dimensional Geometry | INK::KALLIS | | Wed Oct 15 1986 09:18 | 39 |
| Re .28:
A better way to look at it is this way.
A point has zero dimensions.
Move the point one unit and you get a line [segment] of unit length.
Move the line at right angles to its length and you get a square of
unit measurement.
Move the square at right angles to its plane and you get a cube
of unit measurement.
Move the cube at right angles to its _volume_ and you get a hypercube
(tesseract) of unit measurement.
Move a tesseract at right angles to its hypervolume, and you get
a hypertesseract of unit volume.
... and so on.
The problem is, that we're limited to the first three (perceived)
spatial dimensionsm, so we don't know how to move things in the
higher dimensions.
However, there is a misconception here: a tesseract does indeed
have an "outside" -- it's bounded by eight cubes, each of which
is a hypersurface in 4-space.
As Topher mentioned somewhere else, the striking pasinting by Salvador
Dali, _Corpus Hypercubus_ shows a crucifixion scene of Jesus syspended
before an unfolded tesseract to symbolism Our Savior's higher purpose
(transcending the normal physical world). Dali had a significant
mathematical background and knew whereof he painted in this case.
The Robert A. Heinlein story, "And He Built a Crooked House," was
based on the idea that if three-dimensional bewings were trapped
within a hypercube, they'd experience all kinds of anomalies. There's
a good case to be made foe another interpretation: that their pretty
eight-room house would just seem to lose seven rooms. (But that
wouldn't be as entertaining.
SDteve Kallis, Jr.
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165.30 | Dimensionality of minds | SURPLS::GOLDBERG | Ed Goldberg | Tue Dec 16 1986 10:57 | 23 |
| When I'm in the mood, I see each person's viewpoints (mind?) as
being a point in some N-dimensional space. That is, each of us,
with our different backgrounds and subjectivities, forms a point.
To ease the imagination of this idea, you might think of an eye
suspended in 3 space, looking in a particular direction. Each eye
represents a person. Eyes are scattered around some vacuum of senses.
Now an object is introduced into "reality". Each eye has its point
of view, determined by its position in space, and angle of sight.
The "object" is seen from different perspectives, depending on the
person. Some see a multicolored, multifaceted thing, because the
"lighting" is good. Others see a flattened, dull thing. Still
others don't even see the object.
This can easily be used as a description of ideas and
"misunderstandings". Communication between people is shown to be
the incredible thing it is. And the varied views shown and accepted
by readers/writers of this conference show an especially vivid example
because the subject matter so often includes objects which occur
solely within the mind.
Extrapolation of this idea is left to the reader(s).
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165.31 | higher dimensions of subtle nature | VIDEO::SU | | Thu Apr 27 1989 12:02 | 67 |
|
Reading all your notes on other and multy-dimensionality, I think
you guys might be interested in this hypothesis:
Each (3-dimensional) human being is a sort of shadow of a higher
dimensioned being. (suppose!)
In this limited 3-D being we only carry the awareness of this 3d-space.
Evolution has braught forward creatures and now they have developed
into human beings that became so refined and intelligent that they
can start to imagine other dimensions. But somehow this brain seems
to be limited in the conceptrualisation of what might be beyond
himself.
Next step in this evolution is that man rises above this limited
consciousness into a consciousness of his higher dimension.
If this would be the preprogrammed natural evolutionary process
for humans, then the whole lay-out must be there allredy somehow.
Just as in a small seed, there is the map of the whole tree is has
to become.
This is presented as a hypothesis. Well it can be proved also.
This natural desire of man to start looking over the bounderies
of his awareness, was very cleverly followed up by gurus and teachers
who use this eagerness of "seekers" to make a lot of money.
The powers man can get from certain practices are undinyable
(clairvoyance, hypnotism, see past, future and so on), but if you
read only this noteboard, you can conclude that lot of these things
can be really damaging to this actual consciousness. People get mad
or retreat from the society, give all their money to gurus and start
doing all kinds of funny things. Why?
Because there are different forms of consciousness beyond our "normal
one".
Since these conscounnesses are different from the one we now, we
jump to easely to the conclusion that they are "higher".
If there is a real HIGHER consciousness, in the sence that it bring
humans into their naturally higher cycle of awareness, then this
should result into a better, more intelligent and more normal being,
more healthy in the sense that this being becomes aware of the cause of
its functioning .
If there is this HIGHER consciousness, then ity should come natural
to the person, you cannot pay for it, because such a low level practice
would go directly against the nature of this HIGHER awareness (makes
sense, isn't it?)
So anyone who reaches this Higher dimensionality teaches it freely.
(its like free software to make the human hardware run better)
If all this sounds crazy, just forget it. If it rings a bell read
the note number 401.7 called "A Unique Discovery, By a person called Sri
Mataji and wich explains this subject, and find out what is already known
and practiced by people.
Sorry for the long note, just wanted you to hear about this, maybe
that's what you guys are looking for. And it exists. No joke!
My name is johan (Belgium) and visiting my friend of sarvesh who owns this
account. See you?
My name is Johan, friend of poalo who owns this account.
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165.32 | | REGENT::NIKOLOFF | Long ago is not far away | Thu Apr 27 1989 12:25 | 8 |
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hummmm, Could this be John Mitchel's walk-in?......8^)
couldn't resist.
ME.
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