"Michael Moroney" <moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com> wrote in message news:hpo312$74g$1@pcls6.std.com... > BURT <macromitch@yahoo.com> writes: > >>On Apr 8, 5:04=A0pm, "Ostap S. B. M. Bender Jr." >><ostap_bender_1...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> So: >>> >>> In 1 dimensions there are 2 directions. >>> In 2 dimensions there are 4 directions. >>> In 3 dimensions there are 6 directions. >>> In 4 dimensions there are 8 directions. >>> >>> Can you find the amazing pattern here? Can you predict how many >>> directions there are in 5 dimensions? >>> >>> If you do so - you will outdo yourself, disproving the widely held >>> misconception that people with severe mental handicaps can't think >>> abstractly. > >>The hypersphere geometry of 4th dimension's interior extension has >>only one outward direction. That is outward with an expanding 4th D >>radius. The higher dimension radius drives the universe's expansion. > > <snicker> > > Ostap, never overestimate the ability of those with mental handicaps.
Don't worry, Mickey Moron. Nobody is overestimating your abilities.