Hi, my name is Alphonse! I set up this site in the hopes of being able to share all sorts of fascinating stuff with people ^^. Therefore, I hope you'll enjoy my blog!
For my first post, let me pull out an old article that I wrote while pondering on quantum physics and its relation to dimensions. Yes, I really have too much time on my hands.
(I would put in an interesting picture about dimensions here, but all I can think about is Dali's famous painting of melting clocks, and I don't really like surreal landscapes that much anyway.)
Lately a little fairytale topic have been on my mind. We have this World we're living on, and Other Worlds. Common theory, got something to do with temporal space-time, quantum physics and all that stuff.
Let me elaborate a little with the help of several online articles (Wikipedia and some other sources which I can't really recall anymore...).
Quantum physics is of the physics beneath the visible physical world.
It is of how matter interacts with other matters, except on a very small scale. The common laws of physics begin to deteriorate on small scales. For example, Nippendenso (Japan Electric) built a car that's only half a millimeters long. One could easily mistake it for a grain of rice if not for its gold color. At the scale of 1 to 1000, physics is already changing. Oil would now gum up the engine, and the tires wouldn't have enough traction to move the car.
Quantum Physics explains the behavior of small particles, like electrons, protons, and neutrons, and the particles which make these particles. Quantum physics needs complex math to explain the behaviors and properties of small particles because the world of these subatomic particles is a very bizarre one, filled with quantum probabilities and organized chaos. For example, the exact position and velocity of an electron is very hard to find because attempts to "see" it involve bouncing other particles off of it. By doing this, you've just changed the electron's velocity, so your data is useless. What quantum physics does is give us the statistical probability of the electron's location at any one moment. By learning how these particles act, scientists can better understand the matter which makes up the universe, and the way it behaves (or misbehaves).
Quantum physics even plays a part in blackholes.
Space-time Continuum:
In physics, spacetime is any mathematical model that combines space and time into a single construct called the space-time continuum. Spacetime is usually interpreted with space being three-dimensional and time playing the role of the fourth dimension.
Spacetimes are the arenas in which all physical events take place — an event is a point in spacetime specified by its time and place.
Continuum is a coherent whole characterized as a collection, sequence, or progression of values or elements varying by minute degrees. For example, "Good" and "Bad"...stand at opposite ends of a continuum instead of describing the two halves of a line (As quoted from Wayne Shumaker.).
The four-dimensional continuum of one temporal (Related to time) and three spatial (Relating to, occupying, or having the character of space) coordinates in which any event or physical object is located. It is a term used to denote the geometry of the physical universe as suggested by the theory of relativity. It is also called space-time continuum.
Now for a bit on Dimensions:
So what I get from this is the four dimensions are length, width, height and time, although I don't think time is actually considered a dimension in conventional physics. While a person can move forwards/backwards, left/right and up/down, right now, it is not known to the common populace that it is possible to move in time, except only in one direction, at a fixed rate (Conjunction Theory by Andrew O'Desky.).
The equations used in physics to model reality often do not treat time in the same way that humans perceive it. In these models, the perception of time flowing in one direction is an artifact of the laws of thermodynamics (We perceive time as flowing in the direction of increasing entropy.).
In physics, entropy is a measure of the unavailability of a system's energy to do work. Entropy is central to the second law of thermodynamics and the combined law of thermodynamics, which deal with physical processes and whether they occur spontaneously. Spontaneous changes, in isolated systems, occur with an increase in entropy. Spontaneous changes tend to smooth out differences in temperature, pressure, density, and chemical potential that may exist in a system, and entropy is thus a measure of how far this smoothing-out process has progressed.
Entropy is the only quantity in the physical sciences that "picks" a particular direction for time, sometimes called an arrow of time. As we go "forward" in time, the Second Law of Thermodynamics tells us that the entropy of an isolated system can only increase or remain the same; it cannot decrease. Hence, from one perspective, entropy measurement is thought of as a kind of clock.
In thermodynamics, an isolated system, as contrasted with a open system, is a physical system that does not interact with its surroundings. It obeys a number of conservation laws: its total energy and mass stay constant. They cannot enter or exit, but can only move around inside. An example is in the study of spacetime, where it is assumed that asymptotically flat spacetimes exist.
Truly isolated physical systems do not exist in reality (except for the universe as a whole), but real systems may behave nearly this way for finite (possibly very long) times.
Theories such as string theory and M-theory predict that the space we live in has in fact 10 or 11 dimensions, respectively, but that the universe, when measured along these additional dimensions, is subatomic in size. As a result, we perceive only the three spatial dimensions that have macroscopic size. We as humans can only perceive up to the third dimension while we have knowledge of our travel through the fourth. We, however can not perceive anything past the fourth.
Minkowski Universe (Related to the Temporal Space-time article):
Einstein showed that in general two observers, each using the same techniques of observation but being in motion relative to each other, will disagree concerning the simultaneity of distant events. But if they do disagree, they are also unable to compare unequivocally the rates of clocks moving in different ways, or the lengths of scales and measuring rods. Instead, clock rates and scale lengths of different observers and different frames of reference must be established so as to assure the principal observed fact. Each observer, using his or her own clocks and scales, must measure the same speed of propagation of light. This requirement leads to a set of relationships known as the Lorentz Transformations.
In accordance with the Lorentz transformations, both the time interval and the spatial distance between two events are relative quantities, depending on the state of motion of the observer who carries out the measurements. However, the mathematician Minkowski devised some complicated equations. In them, he used a new absolute quantity that takes the place of the two former quantities. The new quantity is known as the invariant, or proper, space-time interval.
Spacetime entails a new concept of distance. Whereas distances are always positive in Euclidean spaces, the distance between any two events in spacetime (called an "interval") may be real, zero, or even imaginary.
Therefore, from his complicated equations (Not shown here because it gives me a headache to look at them), Minkowski discovered the existence of a single invariant (Constant, unchanging.) interval, which led him to conceive of the totality of space and time as a single four-dimensional continuum, which is often referred to as the Minkowski universe. In this universe, the history of a single space point in the course of time must be considered as a curve (or line), whereas an event, limited both in space and time, represents a point.
While a Euclidean space has only space-like dimensions, a Minkowski space has also one time-like dimension.
Okay, I'm done explaining.
It's rather interesting isn't it? A theory expound that the worlds are overlapped. Imagine if the worlds are ethereal. They will just go through everything yes? Now, imagine that these ethereal worlds are all somewhat in one place. That's what I mean by the overlapping. I rather imagine that if you look closely enough, you will see a ghostly scenery where it's not suppose to be, like translucent pine trees in the middle of a busy highway, with cars driving through them. If you're lucky enough, you will be able to feel your way into that other world. For this theory to happen, I think the Worlds will need to be on different dimensions. Probably will explain the sightings of ghosts, aliens and Elvis.
There are also the Parallel Universes. Sometimes in those fantasy storybooks you read, a seer or a fortune-teller will say something like "I am not certain about what will happen, there are many futures.". You make a decision, this happens. You make a different decision, the future will go another way. Well, the theory is that there are many Parallel Universes, in which there are the Parallel Yous. Each of the Yous will make a different decision/action. All the possible decisions/actions there are to make will each have a Universe to happen in. And all the different futures will happen. Follow my drift?
If all the dimensions have different properties, I don't think it is possible for Parallel Worlds to be in the same place at one time. Afterall, they'll need to have the same dimension properties to be parallel.
Or, like in Kingdom Hearts, the Worlds are separate and non-ethereal in the Universe.
Uh... You know the overlapping worlds on different dimensions I was talking about? Okay there's the human world, and it is replicated in all the dimensions. On the first and second dimension it is not really possible to survive I guess. On the third dimension nothing will happen because there is no time. On the fourth dimension we have our world. On the fifth dimension the human race will evolve in a different way from the fourth dimension because of the property of the extra fifth dimension. So on and so forth in the other dimensions.
Therefore it is like Parallel Worlds in a different way, and the Worlds in all its different dimensions will be replicated in the Parallel Universes, yadda-yadda.
I was going to go into indepth research of the String Theory, but I'm getting a headache. Don't mind though, won't have missed this interesting afternoon of dimensions for anything. Haha ^^.
Thank you and have a nice day!
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(See? Totally stripped. Think how magnificent it must have been in its heydays. Picture from http://www.toms.net.nz/ . Nice angle, don't you think?) 
(Look at all those statues perched up there. All life-sized, and they line the whole circle around and on top of the main building. From About.com, a site that I recommend.)
(This is really a photo of great quality! Saint Peter's Basilica is huge, and the entire roof is like that. How many years of hard work and dedication do you think it took to finish this? I have great respect for the artists of old. Nowadays, splash some paint on a canvas and call it abstract art. From Andrew Hux's Flickr.)
(It's not all marble in there, you know. This black and gold creation is right in the front of the Basilica and grabs your attention as soon as you're in sight of it. A piece of the chair of Saint Peter is believed to be enclosed in the altar piece. Saint Peter must have been a huge man. From Pete Reed's Flickr. Another photo of fantastic quality.)
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(You see that graphic equalizer on the t-shirt? That's a fully-functional one that responds to ambient sound or music. Now, if I have a t-shirt like that.... See it at ThinkGeek.com .) 
Yes, it is just a rock with a USB cable. Nope, it does absolutely nothing. But still, it will be funny looking at the expressions on your co-workers' faces as they puzzle over the fact that a rock is plugged into your computer. They will think that you have a screw loose; indeed, it will be true if you really shell out money to buy a USB rock. But still!
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