Mediocre sci-fi author hereI heard somewhere that we could have more spatial dimensions than the traditional 3, but that they're "rolled tight" or something like that, so that's why we don't perceive them.Assuming that's true, does it mean it could theoretically be possible under certain conditions to slide along the axis of one of these additional dimensions to reach 3D space that would be unreachable otherwise?Trying to come up with a solution to the Fermi paradox in my setting.
It's fiction, m8. You make it what you want it to be.
>>16997711>Assuming that's true, does it mean it could theoretically be possible under certain conditions to slide along the axis of one of these additional dimensions to reach 3D space that would be unreachable otherwise?Unlikely, the axes are supposed to be orthogonal if they are to be related to dimensions.
>>16997729sure, but making stuff sound plausible is half the charm of sci-fi
I was thinking of writing a short story once about a device which allows travel to other realities through directions orthogonal to our normal XYZ. There would be an arbitrarily infinite number of different directions, each leading to a unique reality. The first experiment accidentally opens a portal into the heart of a star and nukes the research lab.
https://web.stanford.edu/~savas/papers/Universe'sUnseenDimensions.pdfgood read
>>16997711Those extra dimensions represent the "directions" strings have to oscillate at to make the math work out. Everything's "sliding" along these axes at all times. But the possible range of motion is sub-subatomic.
Hollywood finally gets around to making a science movie. And it's based on string theory...
