“Curved Space”. Okay. That’s an explanation I’ve heard and can relate to. Great examples. Thanks!
Well, it’s shape curves space. But it’s actually, “probability.”
What distinguishes two points in the fifth dimension is whether an event occurred in a given “timeline”: If the positions in the first four dimensions are identical (same time, and same point in three-dimensional space), then what separates two positions in the fifth dimension are “alternate realities.”
According to Schroedinger’s “Cat” illustration:
In this thought experiment: A negatively charged plate repels an electron from traveling straight. Based on quantum chance, the electron MUST swerve away from the plate to the left or to the right. As I mentioned before, one electron actually will take BOTH paths. But suppose you place a receptor on the far side of the plate along each of the two paths. You then rig a device which will kill a concealed cat if the electron strikes ONE receptor, but not if it strikes the other.
You’ve created a quantum option.
In one reality, the cat lives. In another reality, the cat dies. The difference between these two realities is akin to the difference between two parallel, flat surfaces in three dimensional space.
I should note: that two “parallel realities” could exist presumes that fifth-dimensional space has a demonstrable volume. Just as a black hole presses two divergent planes in three dimensions together (”curving space”), a sixth-dimensional (???) structure could press divergent realities together.