Think About It

Heyo everyone, this weeks blog is going to be about comprehending and understanding the difference between what we know and what we think we know.

In Marine Bio friday, we conducted an excitement that included filtering algae. This took a very long time, and so, to kill time our teacher put on a short movie called "Flatland", which is an adaption of a book and very difficult to obtain by the sounds of it. The movie took place in "flatland", which was located in the second dimension. In the film, the shapes  could not see up or down, as for obvious reasons. They're flat. However, when we look at them from the third dimension, we can see inside them because the third dimension transcends into an area in which it is impossible for the second dimension to even fathom. Likewise, we can barely begin to comprehend a 4th dimension.

The film looked at each the "no-dimension" and the first, second and third. Imagine you place a single cube on the ground. A 1x1 line. Thats the "no-dimension." This place is very controversial because the dimension itself is one being, as theres no where for there to be another. Now, imagine you put 3 cubes in a row. A 3x1 line. This is the first dimension. The first dimension only travels in length, forwards and back. Now imagine you make a 3x3 square on the ground. The second dimension. The second dimension deals with both length and width. However, when comparing the 1st and 2nd, the first dimension has no knowledge or ability to comprehend the concept of width, so they don't believe in it. Back to the cubes, imagine you take your 3x3 square and stack 3 levels high, so its a 3x3x3 cube. The third dimension. Our dimension, in which height now plays a part. When comparing the second and third dimensions, the second dimension has no comprehension of height, so they struggle to believe in the existence of the third dimension. And then there's us. After length, width and height, what comes next?

"Your imagination has no limit" is a term in which we all must remember because it is important, yet also not 100% true. For 99.9% of us, it is impossible to imagine a 4th dimension. Where do we begin? There comes a point where we have to understand that our imaginations need to be both kept in check, and acknowledged. Imagination is our strongest tool and can make or break us. The person who imagined everything and kept his ideas to himself didn't help the world in any way, yet instead let his ideas die with him. When you come up with something a good idea, you have to follow it or it'll vanish. Even though the concept of a fourth dimension seems nearly unfathomable, people still pursue it's structure, and one day maybe we'll know.

Our goals and dreams are something we must tie together and be willing to work for. No one got a black belt by imagining it, no one became good at what they want by dreaming about it. It all starts with a dream, but overtime, it has to develop into an goal, then it can start become true the moment you put your mind to it.