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Originally Posted by Aaron Lowe

Here's a copy of the whole idea I posted. I haven't fleshed it out much further. This is just a deposit of what was in my head on the day I wrote it. I'd only developed the idea in my head for a few months before.

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In answer in Quora to:
"What are some examples of strange thinkings of people?"

Here’s one I made up myself.

The 4th physical dimension.

Look at the first 3 physical dimensions from a Cartesian perspective. x, y, and z on the graph. Each dimension measures a unique quantity that follows these 3 rules.

1. It cannot be represented by any other dimensional quantity.
2. It must connect with all other dimensions at point zero.
3. It is infinitely increasable and decreasable.

Well, there’s a 4th directional physical dimension that fits all those rules but cannot be represented by x, y or z. I.e. it cannot be represented by left/right, up/down, or here/there.

This 4th physical dimension intersects with the other 3 physical dimensions at point zero.

This 4th physical dimension is infinitely increasable and decreasable.

Finally, this 4th physical dimension is not abstract. It exists and can be measured and observed just as much as the other dimensions can.

So, what is the 4th physical dimension? I’d love to show you but I don’t know how to represent it on a 2D screen or piece of paper. So, I’ll try to define it with words.

I call this dimension the in/out dimension. Lets say point zero is you. There is left and right of you (x), up and down from you (y) and here and there from you (z). Likewise there is inwards and outwards from you (io).

Can io be observed? Yes. Positive addition leads to the universe around you. Negative subtraction leads to the inner universe within you.

Can this be applied to other points in space? Yes. Imagine an atom. Positive io goes through elements, molecular chemical connections, materials, space and eventually the whole universe and beyond. Negative io lead to subatomic particles, quantum probability fields, superstrings or similarly abstract substrate and eventually right down to zero point/Planck level and infinitely deeper.

Imagine the scene from Ant Man where the guy can’t stop shrinking. He’s just moving along the io dimension.

Ok, before people cry loony tunes, let me point out that all dimensions are to some degree arbitrary. As long as they can be used as a model to predict what is observed consistently enough, then we believe that the real universe fits the model (until something contradicts the model and we’re forced to remodel). I’m just throwing one more dimension into the mix....

Hey Aaron sorry took so long for me to get back to you I moved acrossed the county and life's been a bit up in the air. I like your idea and agree that there is a difference between the inner you and outter you and that this should relate to the universe in a way understandable though dimension. I have considered a similar thought but came up with an alternative solution: you, your body is a vessal so to speak to which you, your soul or whatever resides; a body is made of more subtle bodies which correspond to more subtle planes of the universe in which we extist so the universe just like our body is made of layors ranging in density so I suppose I can see how that could be thought of in terms of dimension; for me the way I modeled the issue was to say that the universe is made of various dencities which I think all happen in the same space but don't interfere with each other because they are of different densities and so I only use the four normal dimension which I prefer to refer to as three dimensions of spacetime. An additional dimension I was resently considering is related to speed; so relativity says that light is the constant and that space and time stretch and shrink to add in keeping the cosmic constaint so as an alternative I had thought that it could be thought of as an additional dimension that would correspond to the other three dimensions to that understanding how objects interact via relativity would be easier to comprehend. what I discovered was creating such a tool is often used, not to describe actuality of our existence but to simplify things like equations for certain purposes.

Anyways cool thought.