Visualizing the Fourth Dimension (Flatland)
Visualizing four dimensions is impossible, except in the mind-blown state of first reading Flatland ('what if I'm the square?!').
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2016-07-04-visualizing-the-fourth-dimension/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"It is impossible to visualize a fourth spatial dimension, except in the altered state attained by one's first reading of 'Flatland.'" [Reader] "what if I'M the square…?!"
