Blur as the fourth dimension
About 3-4 years back, I had postulated that perceiving the 'n+1'th dimension will need 'n' eyes, by the process of mathematical induction. More on this later.
Now, I am willing to espouse the cause of "'n+1'th dimension is relative" and that there is no such thing as an absolute/common 4th dimension. For the normal-sighted humans* who have never had eye-drops in their vision cloud their vision, blur is a dimension they have never perceived. To them, blur is the fourth dimension.
In short, what some people can perceive and others can't, is the latter group's 4th dimension. So, what do you hold forth as your fourth?
*The two-eyed bipeds with 20/20 vision.
Now, I am willing to espouse the cause of "'n+1'th dimension is relative" and that there is no such thing as an absolute/common 4th dimension. For the normal-sighted humans* who have never had eye-drops in their vision cloud their vision, blur is a dimension they have never perceived. To them, blur is the fourth dimension.
In short, what some people can perceive and others can't, is the latter group's 4th dimension. So, what do you hold forth as your fourth?
*The two-eyed bipeds with 20/20 vision.
posted by Sudarsan @ 6:37 am
1 Comments:
At 7:27 am,
రామ ShastriX said…
Very interesting, Suds. I remember that post-u-late ;-) of yours.
For me, Time is a good fourth dimension and it passes me by in a blur, most of the time!
Jokes apart, Sri Ramakrishna says that God is the container as well as the contained. So everything that we see happening (Maya) is occurring in the context of God, what the Gita calls the field of action.
So Space and Time, I feel, are only interpretations of the mind so that it can make some sense of the world and stay sane.
See Vivekananda's XP of Cosmic Consciousness as well.
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