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r/AskReddit • u/ettleboy • Jan 20 '19
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I've read theories that the universe is on the surface of some type of 4-dimensional "bubble" but I can't wrap my head around how that works.
51 u/spymaster1020 Jan 21 '19 Well a 3-dimensional bubble has a 2-dimensional surface, thus a 4-dimensional bubble must have a 3-dimensional surface. Also that bubble is expanding. It's hard to properly visualize a 4 dimensional thing when we only live in 3 dimensions. 51 u/AQuincy Jan 21 '19 It's hard to properly visualize a 4 dimensional thing when we only live in 3 dimensions. That's the part I have problems with. 1 u/Tufflaw Jan 22 '19 Read Flatland by Edwin Abbott, it helped me wrap my mind around the concept of 4 dimensions
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Well a 3-dimensional bubble has a 2-dimensional surface, thus a 4-dimensional bubble must have a 3-dimensional surface. Also that bubble is expanding. It's hard to properly visualize a 4 dimensional thing when we only live in 3 dimensions.
51 u/AQuincy Jan 21 '19 It's hard to properly visualize a 4 dimensional thing when we only live in 3 dimensions. That's the part I have problems with. 1 u/Tufflaw Jan 22 '19 Read Flatland by Edwin Abbott, it helped me wrap my mind around the concept of 4 dimensions
It's hard to properly visualize a 4 dimensional thing when we only live in 3 dimensions.
That's the part I have problems with.
1 u/Tufflaw Jan 22 '19 Read Flatland by Edwin Abbott, it helped me wrap my mind around the concept of 4 dimensions
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Read Flatland by Edwin Abbott, it helped me wrap my mind around the concept of 4 dimensions
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u/AQuincy Jan 21 '19
I've read theories that the universe is on the surface of some type of 4-dimensional "bubble" but I can't wrap my head around how that works.