Re: OT hypercube (was: Con-other)

On May 31, 2008, at 10:23 PM, Eugene Oh wrote:

> I was thinking so too, but then 3D objects bump into one another
> because
> they have a side to bump with, i.e. when cubes bump, they do so
> using their
> "z-axis". But in a 2D world without conception of volume, might
> they simply
> intersect? And if they do, and they happened to have colours, what
> would the
> intersection appear like? A blend of the two colours?
> Eugene
I think that all depends on the physics of that universe.

>
> On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 4:06 AM, Peter Collier
> <petecollier@...>
> wrote:
>
>> Logically, the same as when two 3D objects meet in 3D space.
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Eugene Oh" <un.doing@...>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 6:19 PM
>> To: <CONLANG@...>
>> Subject: Re: OT hypercube (was: Con-other)
>>
>>  Heinlein's... story... makes me... woozy... Although I've been
>> sort of
>>> enlightened on the workings of tesseracts for now (but still have
>>> trouble
>>> visualising them). I understood your example, at least.
>>> Though now I have a new question -- what happens when, on a
>>> plane, two 2D
>>> objects travelling in intersecting directions meet? Do they bump?
>>> Overlap?
>>> Pass right through?
>>>
>>> Eugene
>>>
>>>

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