Re:The Human Brain Can Create Structures in Up to 11 Dimensions
by matthewdgreen on Saturday August 31, 2019 @07:02PM
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I don’t know about re-writing the findings, but if I was to do so, I’d start with this statement from early in the article:
“We're used to thinking of the world from a 3-D perspective,”
Here 3-D clearly refers to our three spatial dimensions, and the article clearly abuses this definition of the term to contrast with the totally different meaning of “dimension” that is to come.
It’s fine to use non-intuitive mathematical definitions in a work for a non-expert audience, but you must clearly define them from the start — and not lead the audience astray by deliberately referencing the most common definition to form a contrast at the start of your piece.
“We're used to thinking of the world from a 3-D perspective,”
Here 3-D clearly refers to our three spatial dimensions, and the article clearly abuses this definition of the term to contrast with the totally different meaning of “dimension” that is to come.
It’s fine to use non-intuitive mathematical definitions in a work for a non-expert audience, but you must clearly define them from the start — and not lead the audience astray by deliberately referencing the most common definition to form a contrast at the start of your piece.