Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics

From	Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics
Date	2016-05-04 12:24 -0500
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On 5/4/2016 7:29 AM, john wrote:
> Time is time.
> Dimensions are dimensions.
> Apples are apples.
>

Dimensions just count coordinates you need to specify things.

If I told you to meet me at the northwest corner of Elm and First 
Streets, 2nd floor, I would have given you three coordinates (Elm for 
east-west, First for north-south, 2nd floor for up-down). But you would 
naturally object that I had failed to give you another important 
coordinate for the meeting. Do you know what you'd ask me?

Now, John may say "Dimensions count the where, and the when is something 
else that is not dimensions," but that's just his own head talking and 
is not at all what scientists mean by dimensions. As I said, for 
scientists, the number of dimensions is the count of coordinates you 
need to specify events. John may think it is stupid that scientists may 
have a different meaning for a scientific term than what he thinks it 
should mean.

-- 
Odd Bodkin --- maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2016-05-04 04:08 -0400
  Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 04:43 -0700
    Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 04:49 -0700
      Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 05:29 -0700
        Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 05:35 -0700
        Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 12:24 -0500
          Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 10:31 -0700
            Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 16:57 -0500
              Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 15:12 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-04 21:49 -0400
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 05:37 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 10:58 -0500
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 13:50 -0700
            Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-05-05 05:51 +0200
              Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics jay moseley <jaymoseley@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-05 04:45 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 11:29 -0500
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics jay moseley <jaymoseley@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-06 05:36 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2016-05-06 09:40 -0500
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-05-06 08:00 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-05-06 19:54 +0200
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics jay moseley <jaymoseley@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-07 00:36 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 09:28 -0500
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 07:53 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics HVAC <mr.hvac@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 08:08 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-07 12:59 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-08 00:21 -0400
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-07 23:50 -0400
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-08 00:01 -0400
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Mahipal <mahipal7638@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 08:17 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-09 00:48 -0400
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-05-07 17:13 +0200
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics jay moseley <jaymoseley@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-08 00:56 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-05-08 10:04 +0200
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics jay moseley <jaymoseley@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-08 05:19 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-05-08 14:58 +0200
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics jay moseley <jaymoseley@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-09 00:00 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics jay moseley <jaymoseley@hotmail.com> - 2016-05-09 00:35 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "Y.Porat" <y.y.porat@gmail.com> - 2016-05-08 22:19 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "Y.Porat" <y.y.porat@gmail.com> - 2016-05-06 22:55 -0700
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics A Nony Mouse <abc@cef.ghi> - 2016-05-07 00:02 -0600
                Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-05-07 17:59 +0200
          Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 14:51 -0700
            Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 16:57 -0500
  Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Parag Mishra <parag.misra2009@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 08:14 -0700
    Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-04 11:17 -0500
  Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "Y.Porat" <y.y.porat@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 01:37 -0700
  Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 09:27 -0700
    Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-05-05 10:47 -0700
    Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 15:26 -0500
      Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 14:43 -0700
        Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 15:03 -0700
          Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2016-05-06 10:12 -0700
        Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics ClutterFreak <ClutterFreak@FakeAddress.com> - 2016-05-05 18:47 -0500
          Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "hanson" <hanson@quick.net> - 2016-05-05 21:09 -0700
        Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics benj <nobodyxx@gmail> - 2016-05-05 22:16 -0400
  Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics "nuny@bid.nes" <Alien8752@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 15:25 -0700
    Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics john <johnsefton288@gmail.com> - 2016-05-05 16:26 -0700
    Re: Why is space three-dimensional? ... Thermodynamics Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2016-05-08 00:04 -0400

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