\u00a0“The fourth dimension\u201d is a short-hand term for the world of spirit and emotion and desire and vibration and feeling and intuition and imagination. It\u2019s all the unseen stuff that can have the power to dramatically affect the seen.”<\/address>\nNow, strike me with a wet kipper, but I could have sworn that the fourth dimension was Time*. Certainly, that was what they taught me on my\u00a0Physics degree course, but hey, what do\u00a0actual scientists\u00a0know compared to\u00a0New Agers, who apparently have an entirely new definition\u00a0for\u00a0the word “dimension”, other than as a quantifiable measurement, not to mention regarding Time as being something that is\u00a0defined in terms of the unquantifiable.<\/p>\n
Q: How tall are you?
\nA:\u00a0Ecstatic<\/p>\n
*\u00a0I refer to Time with a capital letter to make the distinction between the scientific dimension and that thing that you never seem to have quite enough of to get all the things done that you need to, largely because you spend too\u00a0much of it on Facebook.<\/em><\/p>\nThe really funny part is the staggering pomposity, rudeness and patronising attitude of the response to my (entirely polite) observation that Time was normally recognised as the fourth dimension and had nothing to do with spirit and emotion. (Amongst other comments, I was told to go and read some science books LOL) Oh my, the posturing, bluster and pseudo-science had to be seen to be believed and was eventually all deleted (undoubtedly in embarrassment). I laughed out loud when retrocausality (in so many words), which is at best only a sketchy hypothesis, was presented as fact in order to dispute time’s arrow and explain such things as past life regression and precognition. Oh dear!<\/p>\n
Given that (Super) String Theory (which has always rather appealed to me) as an explanation of particle behaviour, has gone back and forth between being the latest, exciting Unifying Theory to\u00a0being discredited and back again over the last few decades, it’s going to be a while before Retrocausality\u00a0is more than just an edgy thought experiment, only adopted as fact by the ignorant and gullible.* I think of it as the\u00a0modern day\u00a0equivalent\u00a0of the notion\u00a0that the sun being\u00a0dragged across the sky by a charioteer is the reason for its motion – it’s attractive, fits some of the evidence\u00a0and might explain some things. Personally, I think that particles and their rather eccentric and schizophrenic behaviour exist solely to\u00a0mess with Physicists’ heads and keep them off the streets\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
*I admit I’m not a Physicist and thus not\u00a0necessarily up to speed on the latest\u00a0theoretical work, but having studied the subject formally to some extent, I do understand the basic concepts well enough.\u00a0As a simplistic guideline:\u00a0if it’s got equations, it’s a Theory, if it doesn’t, it’s just a Hypothesis, and if it includes a\u00a0Constant or Law coupled with a Nobel Prize Winner’s name, then you’re on fairly\u00a0solid ground \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nAnyway, feel free to engage in debate – I’m not precious \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
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On another topic, I am delighted to report that DD has exceeded expectations for her age (11) in her SATs results, scoring a couple of 6s in her Maths and English tests (apparently the level for 13-15 year olds) and all 5s in her teacher assessments. I’m very proud of her \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n
I’m also rather\u00a0glad that I took the time to teach her Algebra and Linear equations, even though they didn’t come up in the tests. It rather re-engaged my enthusiasm for practical Mathematics and refreshed my memory on a few things that have oxidised since I last used them. It’s such fun now that the children are beginning to get to a level where I can discuss my favourite subjects with them\u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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