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29 Jul 2024 00:29:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Interdimensional slices  
From: Warp
Date: 28 Jul 2013 03:27:21
Message: <51f4c7d8@news.povray.org>
Nekar Xenos <nek### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> I imagined it this way:
> Imagine a swimming pool with the water surface as a 2d universe. The  
> beings in this universe cannot see anything that is not the water surface.  
> When you step into the water they perceive first small circular  
> shapes(your toes) merging into a oval shape, etc. The don't see a  
> projection of your 3d body, they see a slice.
> So I assume that we (3d beings) would only be able to see a 3d slice of a  
> 4d object.

That would require an actual physical volume that cuts our vision. What
would that physical volume be?

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                                                          - Warp


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