One of the reasons why a 4th dimensional object is impossib…

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One of the reasons why a 4th dimensional object is impossible to behold in our traditional material world is because each plane would need to be orthogonal to every other plane. We run out of orthogonal space after 3-dimensions, i.e. X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis.

But one thing that the above video started me to consider is what if the 4th orthogonal direction IS a reflection of another dimension. In other words, you could have X₁, Y₁, Z₁ and you could have the reflection of X₁ which we could call X₂. This would satisfy the need to have a 4th orthogonal plane without the need to bend it beyond our traditional space/time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mceaM2_zQd8

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Recently, 3blue1brown shared a video going quite in depth and detail about this exact question and some related equations and concepts. I really like this video, so if the subject interests you, give it a try.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsLh-NYhOoU