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How do you explain dimensions greater than 3, to a 5 year old?

by acak on 4/9/13, 4:48 PM with 2 comments

  • by jgeorge on 4/9/13, 6:29 PM

    Enlighten the unenlightened here for a second...

    Why would you even want to explain higher-order dimensions to a 5 year old?

    I don't know all that many 5 year olds, in all honesty, but I don't know that I know ANY of them that I'd ever need to explain multi-dimensional space-time (or multi-dimensional mathematics, depending on what you want to call a "dimension").

    C'mon, the kid's still very new to the world. They're barely comfortable with three dimensions at this point in their lives.

    I understand that this question may have been posed simply as a rubber duck scenario, but even still, that'd be my first response.

  • by pasbesoin on 4/9/13, 8:02 PM

    What did the box look like before your brother jumped on it?

    What did the box look like after your brother jumped on it?

    (It's the same box, right?)