Grappling with shadows in the fourth dimension

Notestoponder asked a simple question: “can someone explain the 4th dimension”. The responses she got were disappointing. Standard high school explanations such as “time is the fourth dimension”, or “imagine color or transparency” as a fourth dimension.

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Making sense of a four dimensional tree

 Yesterday I introduced you to hyper genetic fractals but even as I hit the “publish” button, I knew that the images were not convincing. So after a pow-wow with John of Superstitious Naked Ape fame, I’ve created a four dimensional tree. It looks more like an aquarium plant but I’m not fuzzed. Hopefully John isn’t either.

Fourth dimension for skeptics

Gotta share this. I did a mind bending experiment the other day. I was playing around with the shadow tree sculpture and came with the odd idea to replace the white LED at its center by a green and a red led.

Farfetched facts or fancy fiction?

In my last post I boldly claimed to take you by the hand for a stroll in the fourth dimension.  Judging by the high number of views, but not so many likes, I suspect that a healthy degree of skepticism has won the day. And that is how it should be.

Oh, grow up out of your preschool dimensions!

Before I give you your own experience of the fourth dimension, let me destroy the notion that you live in a three dimensional world.