Please help me find out about the physical fourth dimension...

Peter_20 · 08-26-2007, 12:00 AM

Behold the rotation of a rotating tesseract, a 4D cube:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._animation.gif

Where... the... hell... is the fourth dimension?
I can't understand it at all!

Nominus Experse · 08-26-2007, 12:16 AM

And why can't you read the article? It explains it all right there.

Rengori · 08-26-2007, 12:30 AM

Why do you need to know it anyway? Isn't it just time?

McLovin' · 08-26-2007, 12:38 AM

Its the dimension I'm in!

Damn you Peter for finding me!

The Unknown Guru · 08-26-2007, 01:09 AM

In string theory, there are 10 spatial dimensions, but they're all really really small.

blackmage_nuke · 08-26-2007, 01:25 AM

Originally Posted by The Unknown Guru ^

In string theory, there are 10 spatial dimensions, but they're all really really small.

I thought only 7 were really small and 3 were big, but i havent looked at it for a while

SnoopyG · 08-26-2007, 02:07 AM

that picture looks so trippy

The Unknown Guru · 08-26-2007, 02:55 AM

Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke ^

Originally Posted by The Unknown Guru ^

In string theory, there are 10 spatial dimensions, but they're all really really small.

I thought only 7 were really small and 3 were big, but i havent looked at it for a while

Yeah, that's what I meant. I need more sleep.

Peter_20 Location: Sweden	#1 Please help me find out about the physical fourth dimension... Behold the rotation of a rotating tesseract, a 4D cube: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._animation.gif Where... the... hell... is the fourth dimension? I can't understand it at all!
08-26-2007, 12:00 AM

Nominus Experse Feather lost in the wind	#2 (permalink) And why can't you read the article? It explains it all right there.
08-26-2007, 12:16 AM

Rengori Paganini is a bastard. Location: Under Avarice's bed (Los Angeles)	#3 (permalink) Why do you need to know it anyway? Isn't it just time?
08-26-2007, 12:30 AM

McLovin' I am Mclovin! ~ 2007 Location: can you be more specific?	#4 (permalink) Its the dimension I'm in! Damn you Peter for finding me!
08-26-2007, 12:38 AM

The Unknown Guru We Must Repeat Location: D-E-V-O!	#5 (permalink) In string theory, there are 10 spatial dimensions, but they're all really really small.
08-26-2007, 01:09 AM

blackmage_nuke That's me!! Location: Yes	#6 (permalink) Originally Posted by The Unknown Guru ^ In string theory, there are 10 spatial dimensions, but they're all really really small. I thought only 7 were really small and 3 were big, but i havent looked at it for a while
08-26-2007, 01:25 AM

SnoopyG	#7 (permalink) that picture looks so trippy
08-26-2007, 02:07 AM

The Unknown Guru We Must Repeat Location: D-E-V-O!	#8 (permalink) Originally Posted by blackmage_nuke ^ Originally Posted by The Unknown Guru ^ In string theory, there are 10 spatial dimensions, but they're all really really small. I thought only 7 were really small and 3 were big, but i havent looked at it for a while Yeah, that's what I meant. I need more sleep.
08-26-2007, 02:55 AM