Archive for December 7th, 2007

Welcome to the 4th Dimension (a reminder of 911)

Friday, December 7th, 2007

This all somehow ties back into 911. In third dimension which we percieve, we have 5 different solids, icosahedron, dodecahedron, cubes, and tetrahedrons. These elemental shapes have integrity within a 3 coordinate plane. We process this skeletal mathematical information to derive what we perceive. In a 4th dimension, there are 6 different solids and 4 coordinate planes. Although they can make computer models of this stuff, I believe most mathematicians will admit these are pretty abstract concepts. However, this smart guy named Ocneanu decided to make a sculpture that represents a 3 dimensional shadow of the 4th dimension. Oh yeah, the sculpture was partly dedicated as “a reminder of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001″

4th dimension

you must understand the 4th dimension requires a 4th coordinate and the structures around it are too complex for the human mind to comprehend because we don’t process information that way. However mathematicians can make models that represent something about th: