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basim

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:07 pm Post subject: dimensions.

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Guys i want to know your ideas.
if there is a two dimensional object (something with only two dimensions), i think we cannot see it.
Because light rays it self is three dimensional.
so how are we going to detect such an object?
How can we know whether such an object exists or not.
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JaneBennet

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:03 am Post subject:

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But why can three-dimensional things not detect two-dimensional ones?
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thyristor

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:53 am Post subject:

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That depends on what you mean by "exist". A three dimensional creature, as the human being, can't detect any such thing because as we see it matter is constructed by atoms which are three dimensional.
On the other hand two dimensional objects could exist, or objects with other dimensions, it's only that we can't verify their existance.
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sunshinewarrior

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:24 am Post subject:

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I remember being asked the question: "What is a shadow if not a bona fide two-dimensional object?"

I still don't know the answer. Anyone?

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