Junglelord wrote:You seem to have the idea that the word Dimension has multiple meanings.
People use this word many ways, I do my best to figure out which way they're using it. I always use it the same way: "Extent in a direction mutually perpendicular to each other direction".
Junglelord wrote:You say no 2-D, so did they, well now they are all wrong, and time will show that you are too.
Convince me. Define object, exist, and dimension such that "two dimensional object that exists" is non contradictory.
Or show me a single 2D object.
Junglelord wrote:Oh, you mind telling me what "they" mean by two D,
Sure, I already stated this:
altonhare wrote:A material that can be described as "planar" can have its constituent atoms described by 2 coordinates.
I think their definition of "2-dimensional" is "well described by only 2 coordinates".
Junglelord wrote:After your done explaining their definition of 2-D, which must be as squewed as mine,
Not really, they just mixed up "dimension" and "coordinate", which is pretty common. The APM definition of dimension (I assume yours also), however, expressly avoids actually saying anything:
APM wrote:A dimension, as defined here, is a non-material, measurable quality relating to the foundation of existence and being.
Dimension is a quality... A quality of what though? The author states that it is "related to the foundation of existence and being" but what actually IS a dimension? This is like asking for the definition of "tall" and someone saying "it's a quality related to size". It begs the question "What does it tell you about size? Thick, fat, skinny, wide, long, vast, tiny?" This is not a definition, it's a cop-out, an evasion. It is blatantly question-begging.
Junglelord wrote:What we are really talking about is "volume",
I thought we were talking about objects.
Junglelord wrote:Height, man thats lame.
I like height, it lets me see over peoples' heads in crowds.
Junglelord wrote:Unless Mr Alton answers the above post, which he so coincidently seemed to have "missed", he is not capable of saying he was wrong....are you related to the Fonz?
Again, not appreciated. There is simply no reason for you to maliciously imply these things.
Junglelord wrote:
I predict he cannot explain what is the 2-D definition that the scientist use, dispite the fact they say it is 2-D. When says it clearly is not as it has "height"....
Essentially they mean that the location of any atom within the material can be described by measuring its distance from a reference atom along the materials' length and again along the material's width.
Junglelord wrote:I also predict he cannot admit that the "height" and the third dimension are non sequitar, and that in that huge fallicy, he totally misses the point of quantum resonance.
The key words here are object, exist, and dimension. Objects that exist are three dimensional, they have LWH. Since APM's definition of "dimension" fails to say anything you don't really have a leg to stand on here. I don't think I've seen you define object or exist, either.
Junglelord wrote:Errr, thats why the title of the link to 2-D Crystals was "Materials That Should Not Exist."
Yet they do and therefore your wrong....as was everyone else that claimed they could not exist.
From the blurb I read I believe the reason they thought they couldn't synthesize a material of only a single layer is that it wouldn't be stable without the underlying substrate. They probably thought a planar material with a height (many materials scientists would say thickness) of only a single atom would be very fragile and unstable. Indeed in materials scientists planar structures usually don't come about "easily" for a variety of chemical reasons.
Grey Cloud wrote:Just because a 2D object cannot be perceived by ones 3D senses does not mean it cannot exist in nature.
This doesn't have to do with perception/observation/confirmation/experimentation. Words are defined so that we can use them
consistently. You cannot define object and exist such that a 2D object exists, and still use these terms consistently. A 2D object lacks location.
Grey Cloud wrote:How many dimesions does a thought have? You may argue that a thought is not an object but that would be just your narrow definition of 'object'. The 'human' mind can do much more than the experts tell us.
Again, not an issue of "narrow" definitions or "what we can do". Definitions are chosen so that can be used consistently, not based on what you or I perceive.