• deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    We actually kinda do perceive a fourth dimension: time. Sure, we infer it from our memories and come up with cause and effect relationships to help us understand it. But we do know it’s there.

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      4 months ago

      Okay, sure, but the question still remains, how do you know that there isn’t some 5th dimension for some random objects.

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        I think that’s one of the theories for explaining dark matter (i personally like the idea because it can also possibly address why gravity seems to be so much weaker of a fundamental force, but i’m a chemist, not a physicist, so take that with a grain of salt).