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Old 10-19-2004, 10:40 AM   #25 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Master_Shake
But this assumes that there really is such a thing as a sphere, and not just our perception of a sphere.

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Even if we discovered this alternate point of view, dimension, whatever, there would still exist the method to describe that object to how WE see it for OUR practical purposes.
Meaning, to us, there sphere is there. We see a sphere and that is how we measure it.

Sure, if you zoom out to outside the universe, things might seem different, just like if you zoom down to the sub-atomic level things appear different.

I'm sure a unified theory would elaborate more on this.
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