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Higher Dimensional Aliens

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Extra Dimensions of String Theory

In the early 20th century dimension also came to mean any component of a situation. But this is not really what is being discussed when physicists and mathematicians talk about dimensions. We could have a dimension that only had two components, up and down or left and right. The math on higher dimensions works fine, but visualizing it is hard.

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