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how can someone visualise fourth, or higher dimensions? (kbin.social)

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can our brains actually learn to comprehend, to envision dimensions beyond the perceptible three? how could you describe higher dimensional shapes in a way that would allow someone to visualise them?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Some people have managed to visualize the 4th dimension of space-time, though my brain finds it a very slippery concept lol, meaning I think I understand it but I can never remember why it makes sense. I believe our brains are capable of eventually visualizing/comprehending further dimensions, but I think that will take hundreds of years, assuming humanity doesn’t die of climate change or war in the meantime