Let's say we lived in a two dimentional world, and one day, you got to experience a 3D world. When you got back to the 2D world, how would you even begin to describe the concept of three dimensions to other people, amirite?

+222 Let's say we lived in a two dimentional world, and one day, you got to experience a 3D world. When you got back to the 2D world, how would you even begin to describe the concept of three dimensions to other people, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This could be a modern version of Plato's allegory of the cave.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You could use the word "vertical", also the words "up" and "down"

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The same way people try to describe the 4th dimension with hyper cubes and such.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Flatland?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

that's the best story ever!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You could say the 3D world is fluffier.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

width.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What is width?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Width is the second dimension.

by Anonymous 11 years ago