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   Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn to Chris M. Thomasson   
   Re: Hidden dimensions could explain wher   
   05 Jan 26 23:36:17   
   
   From: PointedEars@web.de   
      
   Chris M. Thomasson wrote:   
   > On 1/5/2026 1:47 AM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:   
   >> Chris M. Thomasson wrote:   
   >>> Every dimension has time,   
   >>   
   >> Scientifically that statement does not make sense.   
   >   
   > A 4d being has time, a 3d being has time, a 2d being has time,   
      
   What do you mean by "...d being" and "has time"?   
      
   Also, if understood literally, that does not mean that "every dimension has   
   time" which was your original claim.   
      
   > all the way down.   
      
   No, this argument stops working if there is only one dimension.   
      
   > Time is not some sort of special dimension?   
      
   I just explained to you in great detail how it *is* (in physics).  Which   
   part of that have you not understood?   
      
   >> You appear to be referring to a definition of "dimension" that is used in   
   >> science-fiction and fantasy instead.   
   > [...]   
   >   
   > Ponder on it:   
   >   
   > (4th Dimension Explained By A High-School Student)   
      
   JFYI: The term is "high school", and it does not mean in English what it   
   means when it is translated literally to, e.g. German ("Hochschule" which   
   means university or college): High school is a place of secondary education   
   *before* college or university.  This student is a *child*, at best a *youth*.   
      
   > https://youtu.be/eGguwYPC32I   
      
   First of all, you should not listen to high school *kids* (on YouTube, of   
   all places) attempting to explain multi-dimensional geometry.  It is easy to   
   be fooled to think that this person is a genius if you are not well-versed   
   in the subject matter yourself.   
      
   Second, they are explaining what would happen in a universe with a 4th   
   _spatial_ dimension.  Since it was published in 2010, some of this can even   
   have been plagiarized from an episode of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos" who already   
   explained this decades earlier; this person partially uses the exact same   
   words and examples (I remember this episode vividly; it can also be found in   
   some corners of YouTube: at least "You could see inside houses, inside   
   people" sounds very familiar to me).   
      
   That is NOT what time is.   
      
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   PointedEars   
      
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