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Why space is 3D + time:

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http://phys.org/news/2016-05-space-three-dimensional.html

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Originally posted by sonhouse
http://phys.org/news/2016-05-space-three-dimensional.html
What did you get out of that link?

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Originally posted by apathist
What did you get out of that link?
That at least SOMEONE is thinking about it🙂

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So what is the answer to your question?

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Originally posted by apathist
So what is the answer to your question?
The OP didn't contain a question.

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Originally posted by DeepThought
The OP didn't contain a question.
He said someone is thinking about it. That would be about a question. Hey, do you like turn-based board games?

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This may be an over simplification, but aren't 3 physical dimensions the minimum number needed for space and matter to exist?

If you shave away one of those 3 dimensions from a material object, that object will be gone... it will cease to exist. It seems somewhat convenient that the universe managed to coalesce into a minimum number of physical dimensions before it was no longer able to create any more dimensions. So I'm thinking perhaps 3 isn't a minimum or maximum... maybe it's the only number of dimensions the universe was (physically) able to produce.