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Flatland Flatland
Monday, March 09, 2009 - Sarah GIngichashvili
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In a world called “Flatland,” beings have no concepts of “up” and “down,” only “forwards,” ”backwards,” ”left,” and “right.” Creatures that inhabit Flatland have no understanding of cubes, spheres, or any other 3D objects, to which we are accustomed - from their limited point of view, a finger simply looks like an ellipse. In this video, Dr. Quantum takes a two-dimensional circle on a journey to a three-dimensional world, demonstrating on the way how our own perception of reality is limited to our human senses and 3D perspective. What happens when a 2D circle turns into a sphere and faces the mysterious third dimension?
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