Trying to Find a Fifth Dimension

The mathematical physicist got hooked on the beauty of math while gazing up into the night sky. He says Einstein's theory of relativity is a "profound connection" that can inspire young people.

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[swankrecords]

LSD-25 is the only answer.

[tommyneumann]

theoretical physics is very interesting as humans try and grasp just who we are. i recommend michio kaku and brian greene who are both involved in string theory and neil degrasse tyson, astrophysicist, who is one of the most intelligent people on the earth. they will give you an amazing perspective on the universe and how small we are in the grand scheme of things

[Lucky466]

@MrHappy70 See, I still have problems with the fact that people just pull out time as the 4th dimension, (I mean why not motion or sound considering it could just as easily be something like that and time isnt the only option), but if you think about it, what better represents a real direction that we cant see, or tell where we are. We know there is a distance of how far we can cross it, through clocks proving its there, sorta like if we only measured length by how long it takes to cross.

[Lucky466]

@MrHappy70 Well, it is conceivable, you just cant have an example of it. Basically since it's not a direction we can point to, then we cant give examples of it or really prove it. But its like math, as math as a whole is really entirely abstract; its amazing how the idea of algebra and more complicated things exist and were somewhat invented by us, but it would be impossible for them not to exist in any dimension, but it is all really just ideas. And I could say the same with god, for example

[tartupets]

this dude is very much into the carl sagan...

[MrHappy70]

@Lucky466 Dimension: a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. There's no conceivable example for a four, five, six etc.-dimensional object.

[BruceFnLee]

@swankrecords Your perceptions do not breach the dimensions you're bound by. No amount of drugs can do that. Tripping is awesome but it's perception and nothing else. You're not travelling around the universe experiencing scientific truth or some shit.

[imagesoflightable]

Beautifully commented. Cheers!

[protossenslaver]

@swankrecords

While I agree that lysergic acid can be a liberating experience... the inarticulate nature of the "profound" findings of those tripping aren't actually tangible, or helpful to the rest of us.

[SomeNightElf]

2:26 - 3:01

'nuff said.

[Lucky466]

I think this guy's got it all wrong. My theory is that every dimension exists in every place, just like we can see a sheet of paper, even though it may have very little width, its impossible for something to only have 2 dimensions, it's therefore impossible for something to only have 3 dimensions if there are more above it. Sorry I'd write a LOT more and explain myself better but youtube hardly lets you write anything these days

[Lucky466]

@MrHappy70 you don't? why not? Btw I take it you're an atheist, however the other dimensions can actually be proved with science