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Timothy Terriberry wrote:
> 
> connected along _both_ axes is very interesting. Imagining three
> dimensions arranged on the surface of a sphere is a bit easier for me.
> But I think in order to actually reverse something through one axis, you
> would need more dimensions to play with (about 6?), and imagining things
> that complex is just messy.

I can't believe I'm actually posting to this unproductive thread again,
but here goes...

The concept of curved spacetime is demonstrated by Einstein's Theory of
Relativity, and is both necessary to and a natural consequence of the
asymptotic nature of the speed of light.  Wherever you go in the
so-called "sphere" of spacetime, you will always appear to be at the
exact center.  In a very real sense, every time you appear to move, you
are actually moving the universe around you.  :)

BTW, for an excellent (fictional) discussion of the nature of
6-dimensional spacetime, you should read _The Number of the Beast_ by
Robert Heinlein.  It's a fascinating mathematical discussion as well as
a wonderful story.

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