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There are problems that arise in 4 + 1, such as how gravitational orbits aren't really stable and the force between the electrons and the nucleus is too strong
by libeclipse 7y ago
There are problems that arise in 4 + 1, such as how gravitational orbits aren't really stable and the force between the electrons and the nucleus is too strong to allow chemistry to exist as it does.
- krastanov 7y agoYou are absolutely right, but do check out Greg Egan's "Diaspora" for a hard scifi that tries to get around that constraint. More seriously, and slightly less scifi, you can have more than 3 spacial dimensions and still have stable gravity/electromagnetism if the topology of these dimensions is a bit weirder (very small periodic dimensions for instance).
- solotronics 7y agoWhy couldn't the 4th physical dimension interact with our 3 spatial dimensions as something we have trouble explaining such as quanta or gravity? There is a lot our physical bodies are not even aware due of to our senses such as most of the electromagnetic spectrum and gravity.