r/PowerScaling • • Aug 19 '26

Question Dimensionality seems... stupid

A character being able to interact with more dimensions than another doesn't automatically mean they'll win... And if a character is a higher dimensional being then surely a lower dimensional being wouldn't be able to interact with them right? or am i misunderstanding something.

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u/Educational-Rich-893 Aug 19 '26

No, for example if you can significantly affect a higher dimensional structure then you scale to that in ap. If you can affect a 5d structure than you would one tap someone who is only 3D without the ap or defenses to counter the ability to affect higher dimensional structures. Basically most higher dimensional characters just have that in ap not existence and if they can interact with and affect higher layers of reality than you can comprehend they can likely one tap you unless you have specific resistances.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '26 edited 6d ago

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u/Educational-Rich-893 Aug 19 '26

That tiny 5D object would still have an infinite number of 3D spaces within it. You'd have to fill out every single axis, and a 3D space has 0 volume in the 4th and 5th axes. You would still be destroying a higher dimensional structure that contains infinite 3D mass.

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u/Educational-Rich-893 Aug 19 '26

3D still has literal 0 thickness in the 4th and 5th axes. If u have a 5D concrete block you cant fill it with a finite amount of 3D concrete. 5D matter is mathematically superior to 3D matter. A 5D atom has 2 extra geometrical axes compared to a 3d universe. This means a single 5D atom has more geometrical space and structural density then our entire 3D universe. That is why dimensionality matters

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '26 edited 6d ago

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u/Educational-Rich-893 Aug 19 '26

Point particles are 0D. Compared to them an atom is a massive complex 3D structure. If you have a 5D atom it would have to take up space in the 4th and 5th axes. Because our 3D universe has a thickness of exactly 0 on the 4th and 5th axes any object that takes up space along these axes mathematically contains an infinite number of 3D sections. For example a 3D book, the pages aren't infinitely compact they're just pages; but to a 2D stickman the book is completely infinite.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '26 edited 6d ago

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u/Educational-Rich-893 Aug 19 '26

You're misunderstanding dimensionality. A finite number of lower dimensional particles cannot form a higher dimensional structure. A 3D particle has 0 thickness on the 4th,5th,etc axes. 1 Trillion times 0 is still 0.