On Mar 30, 1:50=A0pm, Wordsmith <wordsm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 30, 3:47=A0pm, mitchg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Mar 30, 7:24=A0am, john <vega...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Mar 30, 3:02 am, good...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > It's geometry. =A0You find the point in the center of the lower
> > > > dimension, and extend outward in a new direction. =A0For 0
dimension=
s is
> > > > a point. =A0You extend outward and form a line which is the first
> > > > dimension. =A0From the center of the line you extend outward in a
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w
> > > > direction, and form an equilateral triangle which is the second
> > > > dimension. =A0From the center of this triangle, you extend outward
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n a
> > > > new direction, and form an equilateral pyramid, which is the 3rd
> > > > dimension. =A0Likewise, from the center of this pyramid, you
extend
> > > > outward in a new direction and form an equilateral superpyramid
whic=
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> > > > is the 4th dimension. =A0In the fourth dimension there is more
space=
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> > > > and just as the 2nd dimension imprisons and makes up the sides of
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e
> > > > 3rd dimensional figure, the 3rd dimension imprisons and makes up
the=
> > > > sides of the 4 dimensional figure. =A0So each [side of the] of the
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> > > > sides of 4th dimensional equilateral superpyramid is an
equilateral
> > > > pyramid. =A0You can imagine that each side of the 3rd dimensional
> > > > equilateral pyramid had another 3-D equilateral pyramid stuck onto
> > > > it. =A0The center pyramid forms the base of the 4th dimensional
> > > > superpyramid, and the point of each of the other 4 pyramids folds
in=
to
> > > > 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.
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> > > > There is more space in the 4th dimension. =A0This is geometry.
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1, 2,
> > > > and 3 dimensions are geometry, so I do not see why the 4th
dimension=
> > > > should not be geometry as well. =A0I see no reason to say the
fourth=
> > > > dimension is time. =A0There should be an infinite number of
geometri=
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> > > > dimensions. =A0I learned this in part by reading the book Flatland
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y
> > > > Edwin A. Abbott. =A0There is also a book called Spaceland by Rudy
> > > > Rucker. =A0But I myself found the points to figure out exactly
where=
the
> > > > 4th dimension is and should be.
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> > > > A related fact is that the ancient egyptians buried their pharaohs
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n
> > > > the center of the pyramid. =A0The only difference is that those
pyra=
mids
> > > > 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. =A0He was about to tell him and stopped. Then he
sho=
ok
> > > > his head and said, "No, what's the use. You'd never believe me."
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> > > There are three dimensions.
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> > > The tetrahedron is the first platonic
> > > solid- it uses four eight equilateral triangles
> > > to enclose a 3D volume.
> > > A cube is the second- it uses six squares
> > > to enclose a 3D volume.
> > > The octahedron uses eight equilateral triangles
> > > to enclose a 3D volume.
> > > The dodecahedron uses 12 pentagons
> > > to enclose a 3D volume.
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> > > So what.
> > > There are 3 dimensions.
> > > Flatland is when the Physics community's
> > > brain flatlined.
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> > The universe is the surface of the 4th dimension. The 4th dimension is
> > hypersphere.
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> > Mitch Raemsch Twice Nobel Laureate 2008-
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> Might there be a hyperhypersphere encompassing the
> 4th dimension? Turtles all the way down...and spheres
> all the way up?
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The 3D universe is surrounding the 4th dimension. The universe is the
4th dimension's surface or edge if you will.
Mitch Raemsch Twice Nobel Laureate 2008
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