From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de   
      
   Anthk NM  wrote or quoted:   
   >Hidden dimensions could explain where mass comes from   
      
     The idea of "hidden dimensions" that are real but too small to see   
     - cause they're all curled up or compactified into something tiny -   
     first shows up in mainstream physics back in the early 1920s, with   
     Kaluza-Klein theory.   
      
          These days, you really can't think about string theory without   
     that idea.   
      
          In 2025, there was also this paper by Günther Kletetschka - he's   
     a physics professor, though his main field is actually geophysics. He   
     proposed a model with three-dimensional time that predicts different   
     particle masses in a pretty striking way, and supposedly those could   
     even be tested experimentally. I still haven't seen any expert take a   
     solid stance on that one.   
      
          Anyway, there are tons of papers looking into setups with more   
     than the usual "1+3" dimensions.   
      
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