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Here's a hypothetical. If Superstring theory is right and there are
extra dimensions beyond the 3 space and 1 time dimension, and that those extra dimensions are just rolled up into loops that are probably the size range of the Planck Length, then is it possible that reason we can't access those extra dimensions is because we're stuck by an extra-dimensional and superstrong form of gravity to the surface of a 3-dimensional membrane? Let's pull back a little and look at life on our existing 3-D universe. Although we're supposedly 3-dimensional objects, we mostly just have freedom of movement in only 2 dimensions while on the Earth, because we're stuck to the surface by gravity. We can access the 3rd dimension (height) but only by expending some large-ish amount of energy. If we were out in space, and unhindered by gravity, we'd have freedom of movement in all 3 dimensions. Now if we're not on Earth and instead on some kind of Super-Earth where we weigh more, then we'd have to expend even more energy to access the 3rd dimension. Now let's get even more extreme: if we were on the surface of a white dwarf or a neutron star, then we'd have been crushed down and splattered across its surface into a stain no more than one or two atoms thick! So to access the 3rd dimension would require even more energy, almost an impossible amount of energy, and for all intents and purposes, we'd be 2-dimensional objects on this surface. Then let's get even more extreme, how about if we're approaching a black hole? Here there's no surface to land on and get splattered on, like with the white dwarf or neutron star. Instead as we approach the event horizon, we first get spaghettified into a one-dimensional stream of atoms. Then after we've passed through the event horizon, we approach the center, and we get crushed into a zero-dimensional singularity. So the progression is obvious here, the stronger the gravity, the less dimensions there are. I'm wondering if it also goes the opposite way? Let's say as gravity becomes less and less stronger, that more than 3 dimensions start to open up to us? And I'm wondering if the strange behavior that we have attributed to Dark Matter and Dark Energy are just the behaviour of extra dimensions opening up? Yousuf Khan |
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