Where are these
higher dimensions? These higher dimensions are all around us. Imagine carp swimming in shallow pond, just below the lily pads.
They spend their entire lives swimming in 2 dimensions not
realizing that just above their universe lies the 3rd dimension.
Every point in their two dimensional universe is in contact
with the 3rd dimen- sion, yet they cannot conceive of the direction called "up"
or "down".
Similarly, many scientists believe that we live in 10
dimensions. The other 6 dimensions are invisible to us, just like the 3rd dimension was
invisible to the fish.
Scientists believe that at the beginning of time, the
universe was 10 dimensional, but it was unstable.
The universe (like a soap bubble) split in half, splitting
into a 6 and a 4 dimensional bubble. |