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Originally Posted by Fredrick  Honorable greetings to you, Aaron.
I feel questioning the three dimensions is appropriate in this three thread. As you can tell this thread is filled with three or quasi-three examples, so it is a good fit. However, if you want to set up a dimension thread I'd probably follow you there; also because I am curious about how you envision your toe. And I agree that the word dimension is applicable to much.
I love your words on how the dimensional world is experienced, and while I can follow you to the 60 degree angle example, I would like to see the practical side of it explained. With perpendicular angles at least a clear distinction of direction has been created.
Looking forward to read more of your writing. |
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Good-day to you, Fredrick,
I agree with the fact that the perpendicular angles are the easy clear "choice" for practical application in engineering and other such applications. My only point was that it is/was nevertheless an arbitrary selection to represent how to designate the relative positions of "points" of of interest one to another and not necessarily the only way to model the influences of forces on a central point, which is perhaps a more true to nature way of defining the causal "dimensions" that are the foundation of the material world.
We are so used to thinking in terms of that classic Cartesian coordinate
system that we get easily brain washed of any other way of considering how reality might be structured mathematically especially.
But even with Perpendicular "dimensions" you will have three dimensions of definition of an object's perimeters (defining the shape of the object) and three more dimensions of movement (within each frame of orientation, e.g. around a star, then three more for the movement around the Galaxy and probably three more for movement around the 'visible' universe and who knows just how far this could actually go?) In other words, to truly describe the very accurate position of your appointment with "so and so" at time "such and such" a time, all of these variables would would have to be taken into account as part of the "address" including floor number and room number, city, state, street, country, continent, planet, galaxy, universe Etc. unless it would be possible to establish a super structure frame of reference that even the universe was moving through relative to some outside even more stable "landmarks." which might still be only relatively super-stable.
If you only operate locally, of course you can just factor out the wider variables much in the same way that locally you often do not need to dial the Area code when making local phone calls. The area code would be like another dimension of the phone number. And if you were calling from a foreign country you would need to add additional variables or dimensions to call the same number from a greater distance and statistical population.
That was a bit of a ramble, but do you see what I am saying about Dimensions not necessarily having to depend on a perpendicular restriction?
I am enjoying this discussion, though.
Best Regards, Aaron