At 01:39 pm 18-10-04 -0400, you wrote: >Hi Horace. > >you write: >>Something looks a bit magical about 4 dimensions with the all-4-spins-alike >>combinations getting a special treatment, though there is no apparent >>physical justification. > >Yes, I was hoping four would suffice. It's interesting to me that >adding more dimensions drives the number closer to .5,
<snip> It seems to me, Keith, that you have put your finger on it. The real world is multi-multi-dimensional. See:- http://www.journaloftheoretics.com/Articles/5-3/commentary5-3a.pdf ============================================== "...If we return to more primitive methods of measuring time and length we will appreciate that the notion that time and space are simple entities or simple concepts is illusory. They are as complex as the world they describe. Likewise the notion that time and space are one and three-dimensional respectively is also illusory. The dimensionality of any concept or physical entity is merely a reflection of the hierarchical level from which we are viewing it. Space has as many or as few dimensions as we wish to give it, and so has time. ============================================== The sooner we adopt finite arithmetics for Cartesian dimensions, the sooner we will be able to nest spaces within spaces within spaces and recognise the true relationship between time and space. 8-) Cheers Grimer
