The Hidden Geometry of Everything
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A Parable About Learning Mathematical Knowledge
This is an incredibly powerful parable about learning mathematics. It shows you that can either the sphere or the square see or perceive the fourth dimension? No, they cannot. But by the mechanism of our reason, the square is able to figure out things about it, which are true and correct without actually experiencing it. And that's what abstract math can do for us. We can reason past what we can see and feel.
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