On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:02:08 -0700 (PDT), gooddad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>It's geometry. You find the point in the center of the lower
>dimension, and extend outward in a new direction. For 0 dimensions is
>a point. You extend outward and form a line which is the first
>dimension. From the center of the line you extend outward in a new
>direction, and form an equilateral triangle which is the second
>dimension. From the center of this triangle, you extend outward in a
>new direction, and form an equilateral pyramid, which is the 3rd
>dimension. Likewise, from the center of this pyramid, you extend
>outward in a new direction and form an equilateral superpyramid which
>is the 4th dimension. In the fourth dimension there is more space,
>and just as the 2nd dimension imprisons and makes up the sides of the
>3rd dimensional figure, the 3rd dimension imprisons and makes up the
>sides of the 4 dimensional figure. So each [side of the] of the 5
>sides of 4th dimensional equilateral superpyramid is an equilateral
>pyramid. You can imagine that each side of the 3rd dimensional
>equilateral pyramid had another 3-D equilateral pyramid stuck onto
>it. The center pyramid forms the base of the 4th dimensional
>superpyramid, and the point of each of the other 4 pyramids folds into
>the fourth dimension in a new direction so that they meet in a point
>immediately over, and which extends down to center of the base
>pyramid, just as the three triangles which are the sides of the 3rd
>dimensional pyramid meet in a point directly above the original 2nd
>dimensional triangle.
>
>There is more space in the 4th dimension. This is geometry. 0, 1, 2,
>and 3 dimensions are geometry, so I do not see why the 4th dimension
>should not be geometry as well. I see no reason to say the fourth
>dimension is time. There should be an infinite number of geometric
>dimensions. I learned this in part by reading the book Flatland by
>Edwin A. Abbott. There is also a book called Spaceland by Rudy
>Rucker. But I myself found the points to figure out exactly where the
>4th dimension is and should be.
>
>A related fact is that the ancient egyptians buried their pharaohs in
>the center of the pyramid. The only difference is that those pyramids
>has squares for bases and so were not actually equilateral pyramids.
>It is re****ted that Napolean Bonaparte once spent the night in the
>center of the pyramid and "when he emerged, it was re****ted that he
>looked visibly shaken. When an aide asked him if he had witnessed
>anything mysterious, he replied that he had no comment, and that he
>never wanted the incident mentioned again. Years later, when he was on
>his deathbed, a close friend asked him what really happened in the
>King's chamber. He was about to tell him and stopped. Then he shook
>his head and said, "No, what's the use. You'd never believe me."
If only the place were that exciting.
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