It’s Worth Looking At, You Just Can’t See It: Dimensions

When I went to Frostburg State University, daily my conversations would be philosophical in nature, they had to, I was a Philosophy major. These conversations can take all kinds of avenues, and as a Christian in what was a non-Christian philosophy department, questions of a more theological nature would eventually find their way to my ears. Some of my favorite conversations though were not between me and fellow philosophers or other Christian brothers and sisters, but between me and my good friend Emmanuel. What brought me and Emmanuel together was not conversation but dancing. We were two of the three break dancers at our school, and it was our love of b-boying that united us, but what spilled out from that was just as good. Emmanuel was and still is one the brightest Physics students in the nation (really, his accolades and awards for his study on String Theory are quite amazing.) and every now and again when we could catch our breath from dancing, our conversation would begin to drift into the physical and metaphysical. One day while discussing the nature of God and heaven in relation to space and time, he began to enlighten me to a similar thought that is mostly discussed by Math majors or computer science guys. It was on dimensions. Now I knew from art class and high school geometry a little about dimensions, but talking with him was certainly a pleasure and began my mind wandering on possibilities of dimensions not yet thought of or comprehended because of what I can not see. Much like the idea of God as being out side of time. If I can see into a two dimensional sphere but two dimensional objects can not see or comprehend me, what dimensions can I not see and understand? What is the 4th dimension? What about a 5th, 6th, or 11th?

Well after reading Jon Master’s blog and remembering these fun videos I used to watch, I decided I would post these three clips up for you in order to give a glimpse of what I mean, in case I didn’t make any sense. The first is a cartoon series called Dr. Quantum teaching principles of Physics and Quantum physics through enjoyable cartoon lessons. The second is a clip of the late Dr. Carl Sagan explaining the same concept derived from Edwin Abbott’s Flatland. The third and most presumptuous of the clips I’m posting, takes these ideas and asserts them into understanding the principles of String Theory. Enjoy.