Thursday, May 5, 2011

Dimensionality ad Infinatum

The idea of infinity is paradoxical to us as finite beings, but it is also critically linked and limited as per our dimensional perception.  More precisely, it is linked to our ability to perceive within a certain degree of dimension.

The idea of something being three dimensional may seem simple, but the intellectual make up of such a description can be extremely complex.  The basic structure of dimension can be described as exponential.  Basically the contents of a dimension must be multiplied by themselves to reach the next level on a dimensional scale.  i.e.  A non dimension, no mass, a point.  A first dimension, a point by a point, a line.  A second dimension, a line by a line, length by width, a plane with area.  A third dimension, a plane by a plane, length by width by height, a three dimensional object with mass.  A fourth dimension, three dimensional objects with mass repeatedly existing in sequential moments explicitly distinct from one another as per entropic decay.  A fifth dimension, this is where it begins to get both complicated and speculative, but i am willing to accept that a   three dimensional object repeatedly projected outside of entropic decay may qualify for a fifth dimensionality.

The way we use the word infinity is linked to our position as fourth order dimensional entities.  Infinity is meant to describe those things that are outside of our ability to perceive.  A second dimensional item, a flat planar object could not achieve mass, wherein a third dimension would be an infinite by comparison.  We have however, the issue of lower order infinites.  For example, the Mobius strip, and other similar objects arise out of the translation of dimensions (you are able to create a second order infinite, in a fourth dimension).

After all this explication, i would like to touch on the crux, the most important social interest in the infinite, religion.  An omnipotent entity by definition must be infinite.  I will concede that it is more than possible for such an entity to exist, however there are several stipulations.  First, such an entity would not be symmetrically constructed to us, nor omniscient; to an entity that is infinite to us (and thus of a fifth dimension) possibly simultaneously experiencing all things, experience may be viewed as inconsequential, possibly as a function of lower dimensional objects.  Second, no contact, the word infinite allows the easiest explanation of this.  The term is that of exclusion, not-finite.  There is nothing in our universe which could be described as characteristic of infinite.  It is not within our perception to experience things outside of the directional arrow applied by entropic decay.  We live on it, we are linked to it.  If there were to be contact it would have to be at the behest of the higher order dimensional being, and there are no potential benefits to be gained for a higher order being.  Third, it is irrelevant.  A being of omnipotent status would not be constructed in any way we could perceive or imagine, it is distinct from and superior to our structure of existence.

In examining this it occurs to me that this omnipotent entity that has been discussed here, which would exist in the dimension above us would be a product of our finite universe multiplied upon itself in some sense.  That means that we may be partially responsible for a portion of its construction, perhaps a collective consciousness is a good example of a portion of such a possible entity.

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