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I count it thusly: Ordinary chess is 2D. Adding in the ability to bifurcate the timeline and play distinct possibilities in parallel is 3D since it is a distin
by Enginerrrd 6y ago
I count it thusly: Ordinary chess is 2D. Adding in the ability to bifurcate the timeline and play distinct possibilities in parallel is 3D since it is a distinct degree of freedom. Adding in the ability to go back and forth along a timeline is 4D. Adding in the ability to also jump back and forth to ANY timeline (sideways rather than strictly back and forth) requires a fifth degree of freedom. So it's 5D as far as I'm concerned.
- miloignis 6y agoHmm, I think I see what you're saying, but in my opinion the way that one bifurcates the timeline is by traveling back and forth in time, which is already counted, and moving back and forth among bifurcated dimensions is already counted as well, so there's not extra dimension there. For instance, if you have a stick you can push back and forth in a groove and count that as one dimension, if you push hard enough against an obstacle the stick might break and rotate out into the plane, but that's still only two degrees of freedom.