When you
think about it, we, as a
human race, could all be
blind.
We wouldn't know it, of course. There's supposedly a
fourth spatial dimension that due to our "
evolution", humans cannot
comprehend. How do we know we're not supposed to have another
sense that would allow us to comprehend that
dimension, and we're all just
born without it?
Maybe this is what the
appendix is for. A
blind person still has eyes, he/she just can't use them. We (mostly) all have
appendices, we just don't know what they're used for.
Perhaps our appendices are supposed to allow us to experience the
fourth spatial dimension, but we're all just
blind.
in responce to The Alchemist : If you were two dimensional, how could you
possibly peer into the third
dimension? Let's draw a
compass rose on my table. If you were built for a two dimensional environment, you would be able to see
north,
south,
east,
west, and all the
variants between. You are seeing all you can of the
x and
y axes (x being west/east and y being north/south). You would not, however, be able to see into the
z axis.
Besides, I was
thinking more along the lines of this: we're receiving the information, and our
appendix is supposed to
translate it, or our appendix is supposed to take in the
information and allow us to
experience the new dimension. Either way, our appendices aren't
working, thus
rendering us blind to the
fourth dimension.
in responce to The Alchemist's responce to my responce to The Alchemist : Well, I see your point. For
instance, if I were to draw
six squares on
paper, arranged in a
cross shape, I could fold the cross into a 3-d cube.
Supposedly, the same could be done with 3-d cubes. If you were to take a
cube, add 6 cubes to each side, and another one to the "
bottom", you would have the makings of a 4-d
cube. Just
fold them up and you've got a '
hypercube'. If only we had our appendices, we would be able to
comprehend how to do this.
Actually, one of my
friends was reading this and he informed me that
cows have appendices. They're used to
digest tough
plant fibers. So, by not having working appendices we're either missing out on the
fourth spatial dimension, or we have a tough time eating
grass. Either way, I think we can be considered
blind.