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Escher's Impossible Cube (i.imgur.com)

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[–]zzaman 34 points35 points ago

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My brother was adamant that this can be done. He still is. I will teach him that he is not right. With a cup of tea.

[–]SpeakMouthWords 21 points22 points ago*

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Topology joke. A rare thing, sadly.

[–]Scalawag 8 points9 points ago

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I demand an explanation, please.

[–]SpeakMouthWords 15 points16 points ago*

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I can explain the relevance of a cup of tea to topology, but I can no longer think why the poster would reference topology when it comes to Escher's cube.

[–]Scalawag 2 points3 points ago

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I'm right there with you. =P

[–]cdigioia 0 points1 point ago

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I can explain the relevance of a cup of tea to topology,

I can't, please help me achieve your lower level of ignorance.

[–]mike_sol 0 points1 point ago

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A mug is often used as an introduction to the idea of manifolds and holes; you ask how many holes the mug has, people say "two", and you correct them, and explain how it's one, the hole created by the handle, and how it's logically equivelent to a donut or something.

[–]spikey1000 3 points4 points ago

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In topology, a cube is the same as a sphere, because a sphere can be made into a cube and vice versa. I'm not sure if it was meant to be a topology reference though.

[–]libcrypto 4 points5 points ago

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A coffee cup may be identical to a donut, but a mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems.

[–]libcrypto 1 point2 points ago

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topography

[–]SpeakMouthWords 0 points1 point ago

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Woah, fuck. Here was me trying not to call it tomography. I was looking at the wrong end of the word all along! Ninja edited Topography to Topology in all relevant posts.

[–]SLDeviant[S] 99 points100 points ago

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Source

[–]bobtheskull 181 points182 points ago

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upvote for the box of non-euclidean dimensions

[–]davidrools 28 points29 points ago

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Gotta keep them out of reach of children. or else.

[–][deleted] 42 points43 points ago

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Yeah, that would make a great weed container.

[–]sherlocktheholmes 6 points7 points ago

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I think you mean to be in /trees.

[–]MusedFable 5 points6 points ago

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Quick destroy it before an Old God awakens.

[–]PogoPoutine 3 points4 points ago

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This is what I thought I saw here.

[–]Shadowrose 2 points3 points ago

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I.. what?

[–]Mr_A 1 point2 points ago

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Good to know what you think is also what exists. Another problem solved.

Next: What shit browser are you using and why?

[–]PogoPoutine 0 points1 point ago

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What I thought I saw is almost exactly what exists -- you have to look closely to see the difference (and I don't mean the comments and their scores).

I'm using IE 6.0, the browser that my employer provides on my computer that I use for work. Many sites have informed me it is out of date, but that never stopped my employer from using software once it's been paid for.

[–]greginnj 0 points1 point ago

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How much did your employer pay for IE 6.0? I would very much like to become a supplier of your employer.

[–]pudds 0 points1 point ago

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Took me a bit to see it. It says "Other dimensions (2)" in place of "Other discussions" in his image.

[–]Mr_A 0 points1 point ago

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Oh! Well, what an entertaining distraction that was.

[–]ctr1a1td3l 0 points1 point ago

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That's trippy. It's weird how our minds work to "fill in the gaps" when we just glance at something and don't have the full picture.

[–]James_dude 0 points1 point ago

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Which actually has stuff in if you look at the wireframe version

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    [–]J0llyR0ger 196 points197 points ago

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    Someone go post this on /trees and watch them go batshit crazy.

    [–]umbra00 132 points133 points ago

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    I'm from r/trees, and I can confirm this man's statement.

    [–]J0llyR0ger 38 points39 points ago

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    Oh, I'm from /trees also! Figured the Ents would enjoy it =)

    [–]crashcrashbenjamin 76 points77 points ago

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    [7] I thought I was on /trees

    [–]Shorties 33 points34 points ago

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    Aren't we all on /trees in some way

    [–]franz4000 27 points28 points ago

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    ...whoa

    [–][deleted] 42 points43 points ago

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    Here, this will help you make sense of it: http://img363.imageshack.us/f/eschercubewire1gt.jpg/

    [–]filthymonkey 21 points22 points ago

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    spoiler alert

    [–][deleted] 56 points57 points ago

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    Eh, I'm still clueless.

    [–]rnawky 13 points14 points ago

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    The image was rendered using a 3D Modeling program such as 3D Studio Max or Blender. That is the wireframe view.

    [–][deleted] 44 points45 points ago

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    So... it's magic.

    [–]GunOfSod 10 points11 points ago

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    Is he a ....wizard?

    [–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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    I put on my robe and wizard hat.

    [–]xbris 4 points5 points ago

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    are you a wizard?

    [–]chewp911 5 points6 points ago

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    Impressive render, makes me feel like a clown.

    [–]esttr 7 points8 points ago

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    No shit; there's pieces inside the opaque box.

    [–]dawyd1 4 points5 points ago

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    As a CAD Designer myself I am going to attempt to draw this.

    [–]fuckshitwank 5 points6 points ago

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    Have you got access to a 3d printer?

    [–]thislooksfamiliar 1 point2 points ago

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    Yay CAD!

    [–]dawyd1 1 point2 points ago

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    Booo Red Lines. You should see the imagineers I am workin for! Nightmare!

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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    Tell us how the rapid prototyping is coming along once you get there.

    [–]moultano 3 points4 points ago

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    That doesn't help that much. Where are the discontinuities?

    [–]M0b1u5 5 points6 points ago

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    If by "sense" you mean "nonsense" - then yeah, "sense".

    [–]mrdelayer 3 points4 points ago

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    The center sphere is different from the vertices.

    [–]l2daless 1 point2 points ago

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    how was this done? if the computer program is in 3d how could it have created this shape? I'm a rep from r/trees as well and this hurts my head

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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    Thanks, that cleared it all up for me.

    [–]Black_Apalachi -2 points-1 points ago

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    What? Oh yeah you changed the colours and shit so I get it now. o)

    And how the fuck do you know how many balls, if any, are in the box? Ha!

    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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    I got it from the linked source. It's the actual wireframe for the image.

    [–]Black_Apalachi 4 points5 points ago

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    Yeah but it does nothing to make sense of it! :P

    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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    You may be immune to my sarcasm, Black Apalachi, but the X-Men and I will find a way to defeat you!

    [–]Scalawag 23 points24 points ago

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    I love how /r/trees has seceded from the rest of reddit. [0] =(

    [–]dghughes 15 points16 points ago

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    uprooted?

    [–]Scalawag 1 point2 points ago

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    Well played, sir.

    [–][deleted] ago

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    [deleted]

    [–]Scalawag 4 points5 points ago*

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    I think my comment is a bit ambiguous. It can be read sarcastically. The smiley face is in reference to the "[0]". Both trees and the rest of reddit is awesome but /r/trees is way more chill. I just think it's funny how the stoner reddit just sort of said "Fuck you guys, we're gunna go smoke a bowl over in this corner".

    [–]xio88 2 points3 points ago

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    Sshh. We need to keep the trolls out. Nothing to see here.

    [–]tsfn46290 -1 points0 points ago

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    ?

    [–]timeshifter_ 2 points3 points ago

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    My brain... it hurts...

    [–]libertinian 12 points13 points ago

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    Done

    [–]ZennouRyuu 1 point2 points ago

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    Nothing but win beyond that link.

    Love it.

    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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    [6]word

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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    hahaha we did

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      [–][deleted] 49 points50 points ago

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      • That doesn't seem so impossib-
      • Well maybe if you look at that-
      • Wow that part is-
      • ...
      • ...Fuck...

      [–]lordgibby0 60 points61 points ago

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      Head = Fucked

      [–]robosatan 121 points122 points ago

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      It's just a 2 dimensional projection of a 3d projection of 4 dimensional object.

      [–]timewarp 128 points129 points ago

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      That didn't FUCKING HELP.

      [–]ggggbabybabybaby 8 points9 points ago

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      Atoms are mostly made of empty space. We're all on a tiny rock hurtling around the sun at 66,000 miles per hour. How can you sit in your chair without falling through it or being thrown off it?

      [–]rawberry 20 points21 points ago

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      Earth's gravity keeps me on it. Electromagnetic fields repel the empty-space-filled atoms enough so that they don't fall through. Elementary, my dear.

      [–]TheMarksman 14 points15 points ago

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      Did you know, Sherlock Holmes only ever says "Elementary" once? It is never followed by "my dear" either. It occurs in the adventure: The Crooked Man. A man of science I presume?

      [–]rawberry 8 points9 points ago

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      Today I learned.

      [–]certain-disaster 4 points5 points ago

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      Are you fucking kidding me? Mind=Blown

      [–]jamesinc 1 point2 points ago*

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      I never kept track of Sherlock's responses, but off the top of my head I would imagine his most common would be "it is simplicity itself".

      Edit: Actually, thinking about it, I don't think I can recall him using any response more than once.

      [–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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      But of course!

      [–]zepolen 3 points4 points ago

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      What fucks with my mind is: Can we see things in the 2nd dimension as they have no height? Are there 2d beings that we will never know about since we cannot see them?

      Likewise, if that is true, there could be 4d beings that will never see us because we have no 'height' in the 4th dimension.

      [–]piratenaapje 5 points6 points ago

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      But wouldn't we be able to see the 4d beings in that case? Since they WOULD have a height, width and depth, along with some 4th dimension.

      [–]zepolen 9 points10 points ago

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      Yea, we should be able to see 4d and above objects whenever they pass through our dimension as weird shape-shifting objects. Makes me wonder about the clouds sometimes :)

      [–]expectingrain 6 points7 points ago

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      If we were on 2 dimensions and a 3 dimensional object came in to our world, we'd only see it in 2 dimensions. Think of us living on a piece of paper and a finger intersects the paper. So if a 4d object came in to our world, we'd only see 3 of the dimensions, the last 1 would not only be hidden, but inconceivable.

      [–]zepolen 4 points5 points ago

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      I was referring to the way clouds seems to sometimes appear out of thin air and grow then seem to disappear again.

      Look at the emulation of a human passing through 2d space:

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkxieS-6WuA#t=1m31s

      [–]hearforthepuns 5 points6 points ago

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      I was referring to the way clouds seems to sometimes appear out of thin air and grow then seem to disappear again.

      How high are you right now?

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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      Suddenly, I understand why many refer to time as the fourth dimension. Just think of clouds and how they transform over time.

      [–]dem358 1 point2 points ago

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      I have this suspicion that I actually am a 4d object, it is just all these 3d sheeple that don't get it...

      [–]devgeek0 4 points5 points ago

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      If you are of the school of thought that time is a spatial dimension, then yes, everything around you, you are seeing its height, width, depth. You can only see it as of "right now", though, because we can't see in four dimensions. We can only see the cross-section of the fourth dimension in which we live.

      In other words, if we COULD see in four dimensions, you would be able to see things all along their fourth-dimensional plane (or their timeline). But because we can't, we only see as they are at the instant in which we live.

      [–]intheZenArcade 1 point2 points ago

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      This sort of idea was explained well in Slaughterhouse Five.

      [–]robosatan 0 points1 point ago

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      Our mind does actually percieve 4 dimension in a sense (we can remember things in the past and predict events in the future), however the limitations of our perception to projections of 3 dimenions on the 2 dimensional surface of our retina makes actual 4d images hard to imagine (that's to say imagining a string of events as a single entity rather than a sequence of 3d events).

      [–]devgeek0 2 points3 points ago

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      I hear this quite often, that the aspect of memory is a perception of a fourth spatial dimension. While it's true that we have the ability to retain somewhat of an "image", they are nothing but vague snapshots of previous cross-sections-- nothing even close to what existing "in" the four dimensions would be like.

      [–]zepolen 0 points1 point ago

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      In a 2d flatland with 2d beings moving about in X and Y, where they were 1 minute ago is different from where they move to.

      So is time really the 4th dimension? Or is time just our perception of the dimension above our current one, ie. for a 4th dimensional being, they would experience time as the 5th dimension.

      [–]devgeek0 1 point2 points ago

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      This discussion assumes quite a bit. It's my understanding that most physicists don't even accept that time is a spatial dimension, rather, the universe consists of X number of dimensions (as determined by your flavour of string theory) + 1 non-spatial dimension of time.

      I am far from a physicist, though.

      [–]prunk 1 point2 points ago

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      The question though is whether or not they could see us.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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      Yes, a 4th dimensional being would be able to see us. We just can only see them in 3 dimensions.

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        [–]Dax420 2 points3 points ago

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        This should break your mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8oiwnNlyE4

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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        How cool, I didn't realize it was an old book. Here's Carl Sagan talking about Flatland, explaining the 4th dimension.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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        I was looking through the thread wondering why nobody had posted this yet. =]

        [–]zepolen 0 points1 point ago

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        Neat, this brought another thought: Just as we 3d beings view other people in 2d. Those flat landers would 'see' in 1d, so everyone is just a line.

        However they could 'construct' a 2d representation just as our brains do for 3d.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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        Yea, they'd have to have at least two eyes to do it. Not just one like they have in the movie. In fact their eyes in the movie aren't placed well at all, they'd need to be on the very outer edge of their body and look outward.

        [–]zepolen 1 point2 points ago

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        Yep, I thought about that too.

        I am watching the movie now and so far I think I'm getting 4d; part of the problem is fathoming just how HUGE the amount of 4d dimensions are in relation to us.

        I would imagine 'seeing' in 4d could be emulated with an infinite amount of cameras pointed at a 3d cube. If you could process all those pictures at once, every single state of rotation it could possibly be in simultaneously, you'd have an idea of what 4d is like.

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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        Check out these videos:

        http://www.vimeo.com/13831859

        http://vimeo.com/1398634

        This guy takes videos and processes them so that the 3rd dimension and the 4th dimension (normally called time) are swapped. The result is something that is somewhat familiar yet very very odd.

        [–]zepolen 1 point2 points ago

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        Those are great videos, and to think, that's what a single 'line' of our world looks like in its infinite phases.

        [–]timewarp 1 point2 points ago

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        Can we see things in the 2nd dimension as they have no height?

        Yes. The text you are reading now has no height.

        [–]zepolen 0 points1 point ago

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        Don't the pixels that block the light have height? If they had zero height, would the light still be blocked?

        Consider a piece of paper, if you put it flat in front of a light source, it casts a shadow, but if you turn it so that the thin edge is in front of the light towards your eye, it is barely visible.

        [–]timewarp 1 point2 points ago

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        For the purposes of your perception, the pixels have no height. If you want to get technical, matter doesn't exist in only 2 dimensions. You can't have something with 0 height.

        [–]prunk 1 point2 points ago

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        Depends on the angle of their projection. Imagine a piece of paper flat in front of you. You can see it. Now rotate it 90 degrees in the "horizontal" plane so that now you see the edge of the paper which for a 2d object wouldn't exist so we wouldn't see it. Now If we were forced by some law of physics (such as electrons traveling at perpendicular paths to magnetic fields) to travel at right angles to the viewpoints of 4d creatures we would be invisible. If we weren't forced to move as such then we appear like a rotating paper with crazy stretchy dimensions due to projected angles.

        [–]callum_cglp 0 points1 point ago

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        This video does a pretty good job of explaining this conundrum:

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnURElCzGc0

        [–]zepolen 0 points1 point ago

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        No it doesn't because he says 'ignore the tiny bit of height of the paper'.

        [–]skydivingdutch 2 points3 points ago

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        This is not a tesseract

        [–]VardamanB 0 points1 point ago

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        thank you for laying down truth.

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          [–]Palivizumab 21 points22 points ago

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          My quick attempt: http://i.imgur.com/ai18h.jpg

          Go ahead and laugh.

          [–]aparadja 10 points11 points ago

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          Ha ha ha.

          [–]Palivizumab 1 point2 points ago

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          :(

          [–]NerdzRuleUs 2 points3 points ago

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          I like your drawing :)

          [–]beatboxbudgie 2 points3 points ago

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          Here's my 10 minute attempt: http://imgur.com/JdP7F.png

          And here's the 3D file I made for it: http://www.pasteall.org/blend/3441

          Now someone needs to make a lego and k'nex version.

          [–]Palivizumab 1 point2 points ago

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          That picture is a rendering of a Blender object?

          [–]beatboxbudgie 0 points1 point ago

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          With a little gimp work, yes. I reckon it should be easy enough to make it using just blender with the compositor.

          [–]Palivizumab 0 points1 point ago

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          Half of what makes the illusion is the shadow on the table, though. You have to figure out how to do that..

          [–]beatboxbudgie 1 point2 points ago

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          I think I've managed to do it. There's a slightly annoying shading problem in there. The shadows are of the cube as a 3D object using 'Shadow Only' objects.

          Image - http://imgur.com/MkLX5.png Blend File - http://www.pasteall.org/blend/3445

          [–]Palivizumab 1 point2 points ago

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          Yeah that looks pretty good. At first I was like "No, I don't think that's quite right..." but then I realized I had just spent several minutes looking at it trying to figure out what was going on so I realized it was a success. :)

          [–]beatboxbudgie 0 points1 point ago

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          Spent most of the day wondering how to make a chrome version work.

          http://imgur.com/ZTGa2.png

          [–]veggie-dumpling 0 points1 point ago

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          I... you... how the hell did you manage to do the shading without going batshit insane?

          I applaud your efforts, good sir and/or ma'am.

          [–]industry7 13 points14 points ago

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          The camera focus throws me a little, but other than that awesome.

          [–]benpeoples 25 points26 points ago

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          The camera focus makes it -- it's ambiguous if that point is in front of the plane of focus or behind it. If it were a traditional cube, it would be out of focus there. If the corner were missing, the rearward corner would also be out of focus. If it were in between (e.g., in plane with the corners), it'd be in focus, but it's not...

          [–]Aldrenean 6 points7 points ago*

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          Yes, the depth of field enhances the illusion, but it's overdone, the center ball looks as out of focus as the box in the background. Makes it look like it was blur-brushed in photoshop.

          edit: SPELLING.

          [–]M0b1u5 2 points3 points ago

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          Or just badly rendered to begin with.

          [–]IP_Freely 13 points14 points ago

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          Photoshop is for amateurs. Try to top this illusion

          [–]beatboxbudgie 4 points5 points ago

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          He didn't just use Photoshop, he modelled the entire thing in 3DS Max.

          [–]Wisedome 2 points3 points ago

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          Yes

          [–]knight666 2 points3 points ago

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          Excuse me, but you'll find this wasn't shooped, but rendered. Look in the left-hand corner.

          Pathtracing is fucking awesome.

          [–]flano1 0 points1 point ago

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          Another cool one I hadn't seen before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7knnO4vKgXg&feature=related

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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          Perfect setup for one of those screamer trolls. :|

          [–]flano1 0 points1 point ago

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          It's very easy to just click ahead on the video to make sure it's not...

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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          Good idea!

          [–]fromkentucky -2 points-1 points ago

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          I figured that out almost immediately.

          [–]filthymonkey 5 points6 points ago

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          im a visual person by trade.. and even though i photoshop almost everyday.. and knew it had to be either shopped or 3dsmax'd -- i still choked on the air i was breathing for a minute with my arms in the air-- pretty much reverted me back to being a monkey for an entire 2 minutes. thanks.. sincerely.. its good to get in touch with the roots sometimes

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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          I think a little bit of brain just leaked out of my nostril.

          [–]scott 2 points3 points ago

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          haha, i built some of those as a kid. they're really fun to throw into transdimensional dimensions.

          [–]TheMemo 3 points4 points ago

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          It hurts my eyes.

          [–]lyingit 1 point2 points ago

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          I actually thought it was a photo, and was trying to figure out how he took the picture to make it look that way.

          then the source shows it's photoshop...should have really known better.

          [–]tea-man 2 points3 points ago

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          I too thought it was a photo of a possible structure. While thinking how nice it looked, I was busy planning to construct it on my hyperbolic 5d lathe.

          [–]mrkingsize 1 point2 points ago

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          my brain hurts when i look at this

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago*

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          I could make a real one of those, just add 3 extra bars to the nearest corner and cut their ends in a curve to match the part they should look like they are touching. Photograph with a telephoto lens and avoid depth of field by using a small aperture.

          [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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          It's flat.

          [–]umibozu 1 point2 points ago

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          I would like to get my hands on some joints like those... I can think of a few uses already... anyone knows where they sell them?

          [–]serverslayer 0 points1 point ago

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          Same here, off to search..

          [–]HeroOfCanton 1 point2 points ago

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          This, this shit right here. It really pisses my brain off.

          [–]Relenus 2 points3 points ago

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          You bastard, you divided by zero didn't you?

          [–]nmezib 0 points1 point ago

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          this hurts my face.

          [–]Scipion 0 points1 point ago

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          ....ACK! O_ o

          [–]DonatedStatue 0 points1 point ago

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          I think I can make this.

          [–]Debraz13 0 points1 point ago

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          My brain just bent, I think I'm going to need a cold pack of pees and carrots to chill out after that.

          [–]TBcasualty 0 points1 point ago

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          Gotta get me some of dems non-euclidoris die-men-shuns

          [–]danxmason 0 points1 point ago

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          Pic or it didn't... oh wait... mind = explode

          [–]tiftik 0 points1 point ago

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          C'mon, you know it's easy to make when you have a box of non-euclidean dimensions.

          [–]thefinder 0 points1 point ago

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          Reminds me of the SiliconGraphics logo...

          [–]cheesewing 0 points1 point ago

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          your head asplode

          [–]vitaebella 0 points1 point ago

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          My head... she esplode.

          [–]RE_Chief 0 points1 point ago

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          My eyeballs are so confused right now.

          [–]chichdidwhat 0 points1 point ago

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          Thats odd. It makes me think.

          [–]Breakingbad8 0 points1 point ago

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          My brain hurts.

          [–]alxalx 0 points1 point ago

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          Looks like the steampunk version.

          [–]AsianBorat 0 points1 point ago

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          I saw this on cgsociety ages ago. Website is awesome.

          (though did you get a low-quality image? I swear that when I first saw it, the quality of the pic was 100 times better)

          [–]polarbears 0 points1 point ago

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          it's almost as good as his piece "crazy stairs".

          [–]asthepenguinflies 0 points1 point ago

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          Reminds me of the Necker cube.

          [–]Setheron 0 points1 point ago

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          cut down trees

          [–]altrego99 0 points1 point ago

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          To be featured in Inception 2. (Although for no particular relevance to the storyline.)

          [–]illkurok 0 points1 point ago

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          Ahh my eyes! O_o

          [–]ttech19 0 points1 point ago

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          illusions, how do they work?

          [–]Torrenthurder 0 points1 point ago

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          Makes my brain hurt, can't compute. I keep following it clockwise, then counter, errr...

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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          Brilliant.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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          Isn't this just a play on perspective? Wouldn't there be a skewing of the lines proportionate to the distance which are instead being illustrated as straight lines in order to pull off the illusion, and isn't this more just about tricking our eyes than making any kind of meaningful statement?

          [–]ohshitanswer 0 points1 point ago

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          Oh shit, a mind trick. My mind is fucked on an impossible cube. MOTHERFUCKER!

          [–]Reynholm 0 points1 point ago

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          mind = blown

          [–]Reynholm 0 points1 point ago

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          mind = boggled

          [–]Reynholm 0 points1 point ago

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          whoever did this should get a medal

          [–]jacobian64 0 points1 point ago

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          the cube looks astonishing.

          [–]giveitago 0 points1 point ago

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          I've always wondered if you drew something like this how the app would render the shadows. Fine I guess.

          [–]Heartzz 0 points1 point ago

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          I thought it was real!

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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          Escher gives me a headache. Seriously. I can't look at it.

          [–]Gustomaximus 0 points1 point ago

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          my eyes hurt

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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          Ow, now my brain hurts.

          [–]demian64 0 points1 point ago

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          QBLH

          [–]KousKous 0 points1 point ago

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          For my first assignment in FED101 at NJIT, I had to freehand a pattern of impossible cubes just like this one.

          Not fun.

          [–]benpeoples 0 points1 point ago

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          Excellent use of DOF

          [–]BobbyDash -1 points0 points ago

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          ** I N C E P T I O N **

          [–]jableshables 0 points1 point ago

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          I have a bug to report.

          [–]nicknoble -1 points0 points ago

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          Sometimes this place really disappoints me.

          [–]I_divided_by_0- -1 points0 points ago

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          LAUNCH THE OMEGA DIRECTIVE!

          [–]bobbito -1 points0 points ago

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          That hurt my head.

          [–]kha3 -1 points0 points ago

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          I can make that, I just don't want to.

          [–]johlstei -1 points0 points ago

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          This is just a 2 dimensional object, colored funny to look 3d in the picture.

          [–]tropicflite -1 points0 points ago

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          Ow.

          [–]ACiDGRiM -1 points0 points ago

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          Hed = Parse Error;

          [–]ZipBombZip -1 points0 points ago

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          Now I have a headache that won't go away.

          [–]shagreddit -1 points0 points ago

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          [–]Reynholm -1 points0 points ago

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          this is epic

          [–]underthunder -1 points0 points ago

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          Nice try

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