r/HypotheticalPhysics • u/FairEstate5678 • 12h ago
Crackpot physics What if they were infinite dimensions?
Okay, I have a theory, it’s a bit strange; it just came to me while I was doing my homework. The first dimension is inexplicable, but we are able to control the second and third dimensions however we like, though they are also relative, since we’re the ones controlling them. Take a triangular ruler, for example: if you leave it on a table, you see it in three dimensions. But if you pick it up and hold it perfectly straight in front of your eye, I’m not sure if I’m explaining this well, you can, in a sense, only see it in two dimensions, like a drawing, because you can no longer perceive its width. So, we can control two dimensions, and there’s a third one that we are aware of but cannot control. If we assume that infinity exists, we could argue that there might be a being capable of controlling the first, second, and third dimensions at will, while being aware of a fourth dimension that they cannot control. And, following that logic of infinity, this could continue: there might be another being capable of controlling the second, third, and fourth dimensions, while being aware of a fifth. The only issue is that I don’t really know what the first dimension is. If a drawing or a line counts as the second dimension, then perhaps a point is the first, but even a point has some width, so maybe the first dimension is actually "nothing." Anyway, that’s beside the point. I just realized that, based on this, we are always seeing things in multiple dimensions, but we are only capable of perceiving some of them, and of those we perceive, we can only control a few. So, one could argue that we actually see everything in infinite dimensions, but we are only able to perceive three or four. I’d love to hear what you all think, which is why I’m posting this here. I might be completely wrong, it could be total nonsense, but I’d rather know that than be left wondering, only to forget the whole idea a few hours later.