Stamets@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agoI mean... I don't see the problem?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1658arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
arrow-up1645arrow-down1imageI mean... I don't see the problem?lemmy.worldStamets@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square65linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: science_memes@mander.xyz
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoSo this makes me wonder if one could force a move into a higher dimension by somehow constraining a set of connected distances in this way. Sort of like protein folding as a way to bootstrap a dimensional jump.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoYou might like And He Built a Crooked House by Robert Heinlein - the story of a tesseract-shaped house that folds itself into a real tesseract during an earthquake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_He_Built_a_Crooked_House
So this makes me wonder if one could force a move into a higher dimension by somehow constraining a set of connected distances in this way.
Sort of like protein folding as a way to bootstrap a dimensional jump.
You might like And He Built a Crooked House by Robert Heinlein - the story of a tesseract-shaped house that folds itself into a real tesseract during an earthquake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_He_Built_a_Crooked_House