Is Flatland a misconception of the fourth Dimension?

in #maths7 years ago

For quite some time I have thought about the book from Edwin Abbott called "Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions". The contents of this book are often cited as a heuristic to explain the fourth dimension. However, we cannot see objects disappearing into other Dimensions as Flatlanders -- for example as depicted by the game Miegarkure:

If we cannot observe objects disappearing into another dimension, is something about this heuristic not flawed? I would thank everyone for an answer!

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To the question in your title, my Magic 8-Ball says:

Very doubtful

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Flatland was my favorite book at 9, I think the premise if not the math is true. Whatever it is we will see only a portion of its vista

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