2D and 3D

[Omeganitros]

I saw this question on another site and I thought it was pretty good, so here goes...

What do you think a 2D world looks like to a 2D person?

What do you think a 3D world looks like to a 2D person?

[Feuergeist]

impossible for a 2d person to see 3d as they would only see in a straight virtually atom thin line.

two birds with one stone. Huzzah!

[VxDx]

read Flatland.

[Anticrombie0909]

I've read that...wierd, wierd book.

[BluE_MeaniE]

Well, a 2d person wouldn't be able to comprehend depth, if they saw something 3d. And to a 2d person, 2d would be normal, but it would be 2d....

I'm sorry, I have no idea. That's an interesting question.
So what's this Flatland?

[heyhey11]

read Flatland.

[87x]

hmm.. well i guess the 2d world would look 2d... considering everything looks like its on the same plane in 2d.. but your eyes give you 3d perception. the two view points create depth... but since your eyes would be flat.. i guess you would have a certain type of funnel vision... but still the 2d guy could give depth to the 2d world with the ability to create depth with his eyes..

and the second question.. would basically have the same answer..

[User6773]

As soon as I saw the topic I thought "Flatland"

[Feuergeist]

If you think about it, 2D objects are 3D, since everything has a width, or it cant exsist. No matter what medium. Pencil on paper. The graphite is 3d, and its markings are 3d, though somewhat infestismal. A piece of paper has width, a film reel has width. 2D is merely a human illusion.

(based on 3 minutes of thought using common logic)

[Lupin_the_3rd]

what about 4th and 5th dimensions and so on?

[Brainmaster07]

Isn't the 4th deminsion time? or am I just insane.

[ultimategamer]

impossible for a 2d person to see 3d as they would only see in a straight virtually atom thin line.

two birds with one stone. Huzzah!

hate to say this, but even one straight virtually atom thin line still has a thickness, hence making it three dimensional. 2-D can only be created when one dimension is eliminated. However, if any of the said dimensions are eliminated, the resulted volume must be 0, this making it non-existant. Therefore, I believe that 2-D is nothing but an illusion created by our minds, and you cannot compare a "2-D world" with a "3-D world" There is simply no way you can imagine seeing something truly 2-D, and theres no way something 2-D can see something 3-D, as its nonexistant. Thats my argument.

[Feuergeist]

Thats what i said in my second post

[Anonymous]

ack, sry feuerg, accidentally skipped over your post =(

[ultimategamer]

the above post is by me, and to add to it (so its not "off topic") if 2-d worlds do exist i guess volume in them doesn't exist at all, there must only be surface area. way too wierd to imagine what it'd be like