Have you seen that video by Rob Bryanton called “Imagining the tenth dimension”?
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March 3rd, 2009 
Have you seen that video by Rob Bryanton called “Imagining the tenth dimension”?
Read Rob’s comment about our video. And you can read more on Rob’s Blog.
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Hello all! First post here on the comments, I felt that I should bring in my own reflections on the subject of multiverses and dimensions. Before I do that, I want to compliment the Winn brothers for this wonderful podcast. I love the quirky humor that intersects the researched information, and the format stays clean and easy to follow. Great job! So here goes: The first thing I would like to bring is the fact that maybe we shouldn't see the "dot" we start with as only a way to make a line; shouldn't it be a dimension all by itself? You might ... lots moremadmonk
omg i spent most of jr. high thinking how time travel was undoable yet never thought about different timelines where i was batman, dang...... sigh i made up to 2:30 on my own ideas if only i havee thought of the rest, i would have been put into a super schoolFirelord_Pedro
LOL. I AGREE, THAT IS DEEP, WE DONT EXIST... Very funnyFirelord_Pedro
Salutations, WYOTK fans, and other people surfing the web, who will, soon be a WYOTK fans,( WYOTK fans and soon to be WYOTK fans). I am writing this post in order to comment on the message of azurensis. Now, your message contains a lot...lol. The basis of your Message is reliant on the rules of classical physics and relativity. Now, perhaps your not aware but since the establishment of classical mechanics, some 300yrs ago, we have developed alternitive theories to explain the universe and its inner workings, like relativity. Now sine relativty, First proposed in 1905 by you know who, ... lots moreazurensis
I disagree with your basic assumption that the multiverse implies that anything that could happen must happen somewhere. If our universe, the one with our set of physical laws as we understand them is a multiverse, with each moment branching off into many (but not necessarily infinite) different scenarios, each moment is contingent on the moment before it, and no particle can communicate information about its state faster than the speed of light. What this means is that there is no path to a universe where one second you are standing here on earth, and the next second you are ... lots moreMeandering {207}
This episode was great. Very inventive and full of paradoxes or is that paradie? Who knows, just like the idea of time travel. I think Rob's explanation of the 10th dimension was lacking because he didn't mention the Flux Compasitor.aurelius [22]
I have to agree with PKW in that the 7th dimension really doesn't represent infinity, as infinity has no beginning and end. This still begs the question of what was before the big bang? I know that's a somewhat unrelated issue (and charged with tons of religious connotations), but if ... morehaleymathiot
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I will admit that it took me a while to get the dimensions and how you travel from one to the other, but I think I get it now. I sound even more like a dork now when I talk about anything being possible because it's possible in the 10th ... morelexizzle
This is the first WYOTK video I ever watched, and only because a friend forced me to watch the video about the tenth dimension..I have become thoroughly addicted, and wanted to say thank you for all the effort you put in to make these so amazing.Jonah [22]
wow i actually understood that :O thats very unusualsteph {207}
So does that mean in the 10th dimension that I or anyone of us could be the Ugimachoo? That we could be the ones destroying ourselves? Hmmm... So thats probably one of the reasons that most geniuses went crazy and nuts.10thdim
Hi Brothers Winn, just to let you know I've published a blog entry this morning thanking you guys for what you've created here. http://imaginingthetenthdimension.blogspot.com/2009/03/scott-mccloud-and-brothers-winn.html Cheers! Rob Bryanton Imagining the Tenth DimensionDrecon [22]
Heh, this went from physics all the way through philisophy into plumbing. Wouldn't have it any other way. And thanks for the link to the tenth dimension video. I was wondering for a long time about how all this dimension stuff was supposed to work but I didn't get it ... more10thdim
Hi Brothers Winn, thanks for mentioning my animation, I really enjoyed your fun discussion of these ideas. Over at the Imagining the Tenth Dimension blog, I've posted a link to your entry in my Interesting Links section. I also have over 200 movies posted on YouTube, there's other ones that expand on the ideas from this 11-minute animation you're talking about, which is basically just the ideas from chapter one of my book. These include discussions about what is and isn't possible within the multiverse, and other ways of thinking about dimensions. Here's some youtube links you might enjoy: The Fifth Dimension ... lots moreCodeAnxiety
Here's the one that always got me... what if dimensions do not even exist. What if they were just mental constructs developed by our conceptual faculity to explain specific relationships between things. Then again, maybe I'm just slower than everyone else. Great show, keep it up!ladyrach14
Aha! Yes! This is the old argument I used to have with my siblings. We called the two theories the "Bill and Ted" theory of time travel (where you couldn't really change anything that happens in the past) and the "Back to the Future" theory (where you ... morethorondor {207}
I think this is my favorite show yet. Well done, Winn bros!Strider M
The thing is the only way we accept dimensions above the 3rd is that it negates our senses... We can see dimensions 1 through 3. But we cannot see the 4th dimension. Yeah we understand time. But we can't see it. You might argue that we can see time through the use of pictures and video cameras which may be true except we're viewing it through a TV which can only display something in the 2nd Dimension (length and width). We infer the 3rd dimension. And even when we see the 4th dimension we can't change what happened in the 4D and ... lots moreGlenn [22]
Wait! You're forgetting the universe comprised entirely of shrimp!!! (thank you to those of you who actually got the joke)marc
I had a paradox with my plumbing the other day... no it didn't flow backwards... the water was just at an alternate point in the pipes then it should have been.... Maybe there is a third, sixth, or ninth dimension to plumbing. Anyways, don't fret about the president of the galaxy ... moredesignertoxophilite[22] [22]
Ugimachoo! That was an awesome show as always! Just a shame we cant binge watch the show anymore.wolfman2525 [22]
I envision time as a stream. Flowing from point A to B if you go back and change how the stream flows you change only what flows comes after you. When you return your flow is still the same. However the flow that comes behind you is changed. You never ... morepkw
OK- he lost me at the 7th dimension when he put the "big bang" cap on one end, and a big splat on the other, then called it infinity. Once he named the end points, it was no longer infinity, because it had a defined beginning and end, and by definition, infinity has neither. We don't think he understands infinity. Husband would like me to mention Red Dwarf and the paradox of the second gunman on the grassy knoll completing the assassination of JFK really being himself from an alternate reality in which he didn't die and he became ... lots moreFanOfAr
Wow... I was actually just reading a free online novel that covers a lot of these issues, called "Light of Ar" (yeah, that's where I got my screen name, I admit it). The author is re-writing it from its original version, and the first 19 chapters are currently ... moreCurtis [22]
Traveling back in time was pretty easy. I just pressed that black dot that was moving left to right under your video and slid it more to the left. You wound up doing and saying the same things, so I guess going back in time didn't change anything.AnnVan
I'm wondering if we're making a basic mistake thinking we CAN totally understand reality... But, hey, I've nothing against trying! ... Especially if it triggers such a humorous episode from Brothers Winn! :-)idoru
also if you want a cool subject go for the Fermi paradox ;)idoru
due to poor understanding of time i suggest you read up on: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-cosmic-origins-of-times-arrow on the current understanding of time and because you seem to mix dimensions with universes you might want to listen to: http://www.sciam.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=29DC2DA2-EFD5-3D06-4D2E64931BA46D2D that puts it quite well.Scott
Go Ugimachoo Gooooo!!depplover316
Do you guys really understand this stuff, or are you just rambling with lots of science-y jargon mixed in? Maybe in an alternate universe, you guys did an episode on my suggestion in the suggestion box! (manga)Rebecca
Isn't it wonderful? I could be a supermodel and Batwoman at the same time!!!!! And still everything would go down the drain!kanagaroo
I would vote for you as the President of the Galaxy at this point I would vote for your as President of the USA!Rob B
I love paradoxes. So confusing