I am a laymen, but due to curiosity I’ve been reading several books on Quantum Mechanics and String Theory and Parallel Dimensions and the Zen like nature of the universe..
My questions are more of a flight of fancy than anything.. But I am curious to see what others think..
1. Do you think the numbering system for dimensions makes sense?
2. Do you think that the numbering system might change if we found out that there were actually other directions to move in besides up, down, left, right, backward, forward?
3. I know mathmatecially it makes sense to think of diagonals as part of the x and y axis.. But do you think it makes sense for diagonal to actually be its own form of movement or dimension? (which would technically make it the 4th dimension).
4. If you had to renumber the dimensions, how would you do it? Why?
For the sake of adding my own thoughts, I am going to answer a few of these questions here..
1. Undecided for now…
2. I think that if we found new ways to move, the dimension numbers should change to reflect the new level of knowlege..
3. I think in time we may find that over extremely far or extremely short (micro sized) distances having a seperate measurement for diagonal might come in handy. I’ve been trying to figure out what that math might look like, and haven’t done so yet.
4. OK, this ones a doozy.. But I keep trying to think of the universe as a machine with moving working parts. With everything seeking to occupy it to the best of its ability in the tradition of Boyle’s law..
so for the first dimension:
MATTER! As far as we know, everything in our universe is made from it. The more dimensions we can see into, the more we can see of it. But this is the basic building material of the universe and is the most tangible part of our universe.
2nd dimension:
TIME: Everything may exist.. But nothing moves or happens without it. Time is both a relative position in existance,and is a form of pressure that advances everything along from creation to termination. This is the engine of our universe.
3rd dimension:
GRAVITY: Gravity holds everything where it belongs and moves everything that needs to move. It is an invisible force, but its presence is very tangible in effect. Gravity is the cogs and belts of our universe.
4th dimension:
MAGNETISM: Another invisible force. Some argue that magnetism is a relatively weak force, and that gravity is stronger.. But if this is the case, why can even a small magnet pull a piece of metal off of a table in a way that defies 16 lbs. of constant gravitational pressure? Or that gravity does not seem to seperate atoms that tend to be at a consistant distance from eachother set by electromechanical forces. Furthermore, why can a small weak magnet support the weight of a much bigger stronger magnet and prevent it from falling? To me magnetism is the glue/epoxy/fastener/nuts and bolts of the universe.
5th dimension: Random.. I am not sure what this is made of, it might be heat, cold, radiation, or other forces we have not yet discovered. I’d like to skip it and leave it open..just in case..
6-9th dimensions:
Direction/Movement
Beyond that, the rest is currently speculation. I know that depending on which school of thought or which math you choose to support, there can be anywhere between 10-16 or even an infinite amount of dimensions.
And at this point, I’ll add one more question:
If you had to take an educated guess what the next dimension might be.. How would you describe it? What would its practical use be?
MainFragger
I have for some time considered that time and matter may be married and overlapping eachother.. But in addition to that, time can overlap itself.
Consider time from the beginning of existance, time of an object that came into being after the beginning of existance, time in something that has moved from its original postion since it was created.
Every object includes all of those time factors. Its important to realize this, because objects have different levels of energy based on how much time its imbued with.
In this regard, every object that moves overall energy is determined by the sum the amount of matter in the object, The amount of time at its current location accrued from the begining of time, the amount of time from the ojbects creation, and the amount of time involved in its rate of movement. At least, thats the way I see it.
I always picture time as a forward moving ray. And as such, Time doesn’t know or care that x and y co-ordinates can add up to a diagonal line. It just moves along the diagonal. Since time can only move in a straight line, and not a combination of up and down, then I assume its moving diagonally.