Challenging Our Presuppositions – 3

Geometry reflects the presupposition that we live in a world of 3 dimensions of space. This is the second presupposition in the list. Is this an accurate assumption? How many dimensions are there really?

We have seen that with a slight change in thinking, it is possible to consider that there exist not 3 dimensions of space, but 5 dimensions of space-time. This is in line with the representation of nature expressed by the Dao. Is this accurate?

We cannot know at this point the final answer to this question, nor is it important to our discussion here. Instead of trying to answer questions that cannot now be answered, we can talk about what we can now know, and what we can be aware of. Humans evolved from species that were like other animals, completely unaware at a conscious level of any of the dimensions of space-time. Our species evolved to its current level of awareness over time. The structure of the human body is such that it is natural that our species has evolved to the awareness of 5 dimensions. As our ancestors observed relationships in the structure of the human body, and particularly in the structure of the fingers of the hands, they recognized finger signs, which correlated to relationships that they observed everywhere in nature, and the human mind and human languages evolved.

The human species, with its 5 fingers per hand and with its 5 senses of awareness, has currently evolved to the awareness of 5 dimensions of space-time.