DGS49
Diamond Member
Imagine sentient beings existing in a one-dimensional world. It would be like worms living in a very long straw. They can never pass another worm or be passed. Each worm knows only "in front of" and "behind." Maybe it knows its neighbors - the one in front and the one behind. They can only move in the same direction, never opposite.
Now imagine that a creature from a two-dimensional world (a Blob) happens to cross over into and through the one-dimensional world. What would the worm perceive when that happens? Initially, nothing, then - out of nowhere - SOMETHING materializes, as the two dimensional creature passes through the straw, and then when it passes through completely, NOTHING AGAIN! Wow. Where did it come from, and where did it go to?
But the Worm and the Blob have a brief conversation while the Blob is still visible to the Worm. The Worm asks, "Where did you come from?" Good question, eh? The Blob responds, "I was BESIDE you." The worm's mind is blown. He has no concept of what "beside" means. He knows only "in front of," and "behind."
Now a three-dimensional creature (a box) passes through the two-dimensional world of the Blob. What does the Blob "see"? At first, nothing. Then, as the box passes through the two-dimensional world, the tip of the box materializes, gets bigger, then smaller (a process that the Blob cannot fathom), and ultimately disappears. Again, there is a conversation. The Blob asks the Box, "Where did you come from?" The Box answers, "I was ABOVE you." The Blob's mind is blown. He knows only in front of, behind, and beside. He cannot fathom "above" or "below."
Which brings us to the three dimensional world of the Box. If there were a FOURTH dimension, and a sentient creature from the fourth dimension passed through the three-dimensional world (the one that WE live in), what would the Box perceive? At first, he would see nothing, then out of nowhere an object of flexible dimensions materializes, gets bigger, and eventually disappears. We ask it, "Where did you come from?" and it responds with an orientation that we cannot comprehend. It is not in front or behind or beside or above or below, it is [X dimension].
We assume that if there are other sentient beings in our [three-dimensional] universe, they are some enormous distance away from us - so far that the time to get there would be prohibitive, even if traveling near the speed of light. But it is just as likely that they live in a four-dimensional universe, from which they could be observing us...or maybe they couldn't care less. But our three-dimensional universe takes up essentially no space at all in their four-dimensional world.
It explains why UFO's materialize and disappear, and sometimes have nebulous dimensions and shapes.
Now imagine that a creature from a two-dimensional world (a Blob) happens to cross over into and through the one-dimensional world. What would the worm perceive when that happens? Initially, nothing, then - out of nowhere - SOMETHING materializes, as the two dimensional creature passes through the straw, and then when it passes through completely, NOTHING AGAIN! Wow. Where did it come from, and where did it go to?
But the Worm and the Blob have a brief conversation while the Blob is still visible to the Worm. The Worm asks, "Where did you come from?" Good question, eh? The Blob responds, "I was BESIDE you." The worm's mind is blown. He has no concept of what "beside" means. He knows only "in front of," and "behind."
Now a three-dimensional creature (a box) passes through the two-dimensional world of the Blob. What does the Blob "see"? At first, nothing. Then, as the box passes through the two-dimensional world, the tip of the box materializes, gets bigger, then smaller (a process that the Blob cannot fathom), and ultimately disappears. Again, there is a conversation. The Blob asks the Box, "Where did you come from?" The Box answers, "I was ABOVE you." The Blob's mind is blown. He knows only in front of, behind, and beside. He cannot fathom "above" or "below."
Which brings us to the three dimensional world of the Box. If there were a FOURTH dimension, and a sentient creature from the fourth dimension passed through the three-dimensional world (the one that WE live in), what would the Box perceive? At first, he would see nothing, then out of nowhere an object of flexible dimensions materializes, gets bigger, and eventually disappears. We ask it, "Where did you come from?" and it responds with an orientation that we cannot comprehend. It is not in front or behind or beside or above or below, it is [X dimension].
We assume that if there are other sentient beings in our [three-dimensional] universe, they are some enormous distance away from us - so far that the time to get there would be prohibitive, even if traveling near the speed of light. But it is just as likely that they live in a four-dimensional universe, from which they could be observing us...or maybe they couldn't care less. But our three-dimensional universe takes up essentially no space at all in their four-dimensional world.
It explains why UFO's materialize and disappear, and sometimes have nebulous dimensions and shapes.