Hi scott
equal means equal, what else could it mean??
But unfortunately you seem to take it from the viewpoint of 3 spacial
dimensions... you cannot do this, if they were orthogonal, and I'm not sure
they are, then how is this a tautology
Rod
on 2/25/02 11:58 PM, Scott R at jse885@yahoo.com wrote:
> Rod,
>
> But what does "equal" mean in this context? I
> understand that, say, two right angles are equal, but
> I don't see how that can apply in this case, and so
> what makes this statement "absolute".
>
> Or are you saying that each dimension is orthogonal to
> all the others? In that case I would agree, in the
> sense that you don't have a new dimension unless it is
> orthogonal to the others, but that would just make
> this a tautology.
>
> - Scott
>
> --- Rod <ramrod@madasafish.com> wrote:
>> Hi Scott
>>
>> Yes as I understood it assuming time was the 4th
>> dimension, as Einstein did,
>> then it runs away at an angle equal to our three
>> spatial dimensions, but as
>> we are limited to only " knowing " 3 dimensions we
>> will never be able to
>> observe this, the same I assume applies to every
>> dimension up to and
>> including the eleventh...
>>
>>
>>
>> Rod
>>
>> 2/25/02 10:20 PM, Scott R at jse885@yahoo.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>> 3. each dimension in the universe runs at an
>> equal
>>>> angle away from all
>>>> others
>>>
>>> Is the angle at which time runs away from the
>> others
>>> the same as that which the three spatial
>> dimensions
>>> run away from the other spatial ones? Can't see
>> that
>>> it makes sense. In any case, if you're referring
>> to
>>> the 3-dimensional coordinate system, you can have
>> any
>>> angles you want, though some are easier to compute
>>> with than others. But again, I may be
>>> misunderstanding.
>>>
>>> - Scott
>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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