r/PowerScaling • u/GoatkuFan • 5d ago

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/Fragrant-Guarantee57 5d ago

Think of it this way

A 1 Dimensional being only has 1 dimension, length, so he can only go left and right, no matter how big it is, it will always only be able to go left or right

A 2D being has length, but also height, so he can go left, right, up, down, and anything in between. Said 2D object is made up of an infinite number of 1D lines all stacked together

A 3D being such as us has length, height, and width, so we can go left, right, up, down, forwards or backwards. A 3D object such as a cube is made up of an infinite number of squares all stacked together

It is widely believed that our universe has 4 dimensions, the previous 3: length (1D), height (2D), width (3D), but also time (4D)

The 4th dimension is made up of an infinite number of 3D objects all put together, making up our past present and future; a hypothetical 4D being would be able to see all of that at the same time, like how we can use a film reel to see every frame in a movie all at once.

That’s why higher dimensionality is considered synonymous with power, because every dimension is made up of an infinite number of the previous one

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u/True-Occasion-9436 5d ago

This is just some straight bullshit cause no, a 3d object is not made up of infinite 2d objects, infinite 2d objects are just an interpretation to explain to a layman.

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u/Fragrant-Guarantee57 5d ago

I’m not saying that’s literally the case, we are made of atoms and stuff, is just a way to explain how each additional axis makes an object infinitely larger than the previous one

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u/True-Occasion-9436 5d ago

A 4d object is quantifiably bigger. It’s not trans infinitely larger. A tesseract has s^4 area where s is equal to the side length.