03-26-2015, 01:20 PM
(03-25-2015, 08:21 PM)Quasimofo Wrote: Wouldn't the sphere still be a 3D illusion? It wouldn't actually "become" a 3D object, it just looks like it is.
Regardless of how fast it moves, physically speaking it's still just a disc rotating REALLY fast - until it becomes pure energy, but by that point time wouldn't be linear and measuring speed (distance/time) would be pointless. It may become a sphere/singularity/energy/whatever in a different dimension, but it was still just an illusion in the former.
And my basic response would be that this is already happening. That's one of the lessons in Ra's discussions of vibrations, along with virtually everything we know about molecular structures and sub-molecular theory. Even the most "solid" object is still largely empty space, with the vibrations of its component particles creating the illusion of solidity through high-speed interactions. Energy inputs cause atoms and molecules to spin and vibrate, allowing "solid" 3D objects to emerge out of lower-dimensional forms.
The "thought experiment" aspect of this, of course, is imagining a machine that could achieve these absurdly high-energy conditions and maintain them, but that's pretty much exactly how "solid" objects form in our world. This just illustrates how the principle could be applied on larger /more macro levels.