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28 Jul 2024 18:24:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Interdimensional slices  
From: Warp
Date: 23 Jul 2013 09:29:01
Message: <51ee851d@news.povray.org>
Nekar Xenos <nek### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> If you take a horzontal 2d slice of a human being near the center of the  
> torso, you will get 3 objects: 2 almost circular objects for the arms and  
> one ovalish shape for the torso. So if a 2d world could coincide with a 3d  
> world, a 2d being on that plane would see 3 objects and could not imagine  
> that it could be one object.

> If we step it all up one dimension, you could have a 3-dimensional slice  
> of 4-dimensional object that would seem to be more than one 3d object to  
> us 3-dimensional beings.

It depends on whether you are seeing a slice or a projection.

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                                                          - Warp


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