Name : Vinayak Prakash Gupta
Class : 9th Section : B
Roll no. : 9239
Part 1: The World We Know
We exist amidst a reality founded upon length width and height pretty much in three
dimensions. These three directions ostensibly define pretty much everything tangible and
visible in our surroundings rather neatly. What if there's something lurking beneath
ostensibly tranquil surfaces? Many scientists believe a 4th dimension exists beyond human
grasp and it might just be time itself somehow eerily. Time feels like a one-way street
always as we traverse spatial dimensions with unbridled freedom in every direction
effortlessly. You're born then you grow up slowly and eventually get really old. What if this
ostensibly one-way feeling persists simply because we can't perceive or maneuver within
4th dimension as readily as in other three dimensions.
Part 2: Enter Flatland
Let's imagine a 2D world known somewhat obscurely as Flatland to gain some insight into
intricacies of 4th dimension roughly. Everything exists solely on a flat surface with
movement restricted rather fluidly sideways or longitudinally with no up or down. A 3D entity
careening into Flatland would manifest bewildering apparitions popping into existence and
vanishing suddenly with weird cross sections of objects morphing rapidly. Only part of our
body intersects their plane so they wouldn't see entirety of us merely a slice. If a 4D entity
meddles with our realm somehow we catch merely snippets of it and that looks totally
mystifying.
Part 3: 2D Prison, 3D Escape
Picture some 2D dude stuck really badly inside square shaped confinement surrounded
entirely by barriers on each and every single side. They can't escape no matter how hard
they try utterly and completely in any way whatsoever. We 3D beings can lift them out
readily from above pretty easily with minimal fuss and effort. Stuff gets done pretty easily
sometimes. Lower dimensions are fairly limited in a rather peculiar manner. We're kinda
stuck fast in time somewhat like Flatlanders probably because we just lack direction for
navigating through it. A 4D entity could pluck humans from one instant and deposit us into
another moment somewhat like we relocate objects spatially. Time could be just another
direction they travel in slowly.
Part 4: Time Travel, But Real?
Time gets measured in weird ways like super short seconds and really long years for people.
A 4D being could perceive all time existing simultaneously like numerous dog-eared pages
jammed within some tattered old book. They flatly refused "wait" for some nebulous future
looming rather precariously ahead. People caught sight of it suddenly from afar. Possibly
we'll swing by it later anyway. Past present and future would be visible simultaneously and
they would see everything unfolding all at once before their very eyes. Next time you're
stuck fast maybe you're actually free floating in a sea of unforeseen circumstances entirely
unmoored. You're possibly perceiving existence from a rather skewed three-dimensional
vantage point mercifully unencumbered by excessive introspection daily. Who knows
perhaps mercifully. Some 4D entity might be riffling through your timeline like a dog eared
photo album rather quickly already somewhere.
