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I doubt it's a scam, but the '4D' in the title is seriously clickbaity, and the article gives no clue as to how or why it might be justified.

• gus_massa 3y ago
  From the research paper: > The phases of the space modulations can be used as adiabatic parameters that augment the physical space. It is intriguing to see these phases as additional global degrees of freedom, usually called phasons, living on a torus. I still don't understand all the details of that sentence, but it looks like 4D is a correct technical term. [1] The problem is using 4D in the press release, because it's misleading and clickbaty for a non technical audience. It's a weird 3D wave, that is easier to analyze if you map it to a fake 4D wave before doing the calculations. [1] It looks like the kind of thing I would believe instantly if I heard it in a serious technical conference of physics. It makes sense and I heard similar weird stuff before. I need like 1 hour to read it carefully and perhaps take a look at other sources to be completely sure, but it's published in a serious journal, so my guess is that it's correct.