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''Yes, Scientists believe in God''.
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RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''.
December 28, 2008 at 2:31 pm
(December 28, 2008 at 12:33 pm)Tiberius Wrote: If we lived in 4 dimensions we'd be able to travel backwards through time in the same way we can travel backwards through space.

Why?

In a way we do live in 4 dimensions if you count time. If we lived in 4 physical dimensions then presumably we would still only have one dimension of time.

We could also build a Tardis Big Grin
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RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''.
December 28, 2008 at 2:48 pm (This post was last modified: December 28, 2008 at 3:05 pm by CoxRox.)
(December 28, 2008 at 2:31 pm)Darwinian Wrote:
(December 28, 2008 at 12:33 pm)Tiberius Wrote: If we lived in 4 dimensions we'd be able to travel backwards through time in the same way we can travel backwards through space.

Why?

In a way we do live in 4 dimensions if you count time. If we lived in 4 physical dimensions then presumably we would still only have one dimension of time.

We could also build a Tardis Big Grin

I was taking 'time' into account.
Purple Rabbit, yet again you don't disappoint in your answer, although you may not necessarily be right, but I will re-read your response and the article you've provided when I'm not so tired. Smile
Purple Rabbit, what do you think of this statement by Polkinghorne (from my article I provided link for earlier):

''One of the fascinating things about the physical world is that its fundamental structure seems always to be expressed in beautiful mathematics. To me that suggests that there is a Mind behind the structure of the world, and that our minds are somehow attuned to that Mind.''

This 'link' with mathematics seems to crop up a lot with other mathematicians/scientists. What are your thoughts on this?
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RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''.
December 28, 2008 at 3:34 pm
(December 28, 2008 at 12:33 pm)Tiberius Wrote:
(December 28, 2008 at 10:57 am)CoxRox Wrote: Maybe there is another kind of life force that we can't understand from our 4 dimensional perspective.[/b]
We don't live in 4 dimensions. We live in 3 and move along a 4th in a single direction (time). If we lived in 4 dimensions we'd be able to travel backwards through time in the same way we can travel backwards through space.

4 spatial dimensions doesn't imply anything about the 'direction' of time.

It would take more energy to heat things up though (unrelated kinda, but interesting, I'm taking the QI approach :p )

Unless by 4 dimensions you meant 3 spatial, 1 time. But it doesn't really mean anything to compare the two.
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RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''.
December 28, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Let's not be pedantic. I know we operate in 3 dimensions. I said 4, in order to take into account 'time'.
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RE: ''Yes, Scientists believe in God''.
December 28, 2008 at 3:51 pm
I agree, this is a matter of semantics and adds nothing to the original topic.
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