New Theory Explains Why Our Universe is Three-Dimensional

[rangerrebew]

New Theory Explains Why Our Universe is Three-Dimensional
Oct 18, 2017 by News Staff / Source
 

“Although the question of why our Universe has exactly three (large) spatial dimensions is one of the most profound puzzles in cosmology, it is actually only occasionally addressed in the scientific literature,” Professor Berera and co-authors said.

In order to find an answer to this question, they took a common element from the Standard Model of particle physics and mixed it with a little basic knot theory to produce a novel scenario that not only can explain the predominance of three dimensions, but also provides a natural power source for the inflationary growth spurt that most cosmologists believe the Universe went through microseconds after it burst into existence.

http://www.sci-news.com/physics/new-theory-why-universe-three-dimensional-05335.html

[jpsb]

I want some of what these people are smoking.

[Sanguine]

Ah, the old "flux-tubes" theory. 

[dfwgator]

I want some of what these people are smoking.

"Can I buy some pot from you?"

[Gefn]

I don't buy it. If we could see in four dimensions the universe would be in four dimensions

The stuff they are smoking must be really bad. Where's the munchies?

And wasn't there a great line in Animal House between a stoned Pinto and the professor about the universe?

[Oceander]

Interesting.  Can they derive any forecasts for testable experiments from it?