Simulating Biology in Other Dimensions

Something to note: in the game about chess with time travel there's an strategy called the Terminator Gambit, in wich you basically check-mate the opponents king in the first turn of the original timeline, basically neutralizing every single timelinge

the concept of 5th dimension organisms trying to out smart each other through several time lines sounds like the most fun and brain hurting concept I have ever heard

"4D predators" may be one of the most terrifying concepts ever. :O

10:35 While I don't think the Heptapods can alter time, they do seem to be able to bend spacetime to travel great distances and altre/defy/manufacture gravity (which is just bent space-time), so I'd say that their ability to perceive time in a non-linear fashion has aided in their development of technology and likely made space travel a lot easier for them. Who knows, they could be way less advanced than us from an evolutionary standpoint, the Heptapod version of cavemen, with rock ships that travel just as easily through space-time as we do through 3d space. I love this concept!

Diggin that intro. It’s one of my greatest dreams to see someone create an in-depth simulation of a generated ecosystem. Like a fully realized version of Spore. That would be the greatest game/simulation EVER.

There is a quite common thinking error, in regards to 2d beings, people assume they view world in a top down way, like if we were to look at a paper drawing, but in reality they would only be able to see in 1d, just a line, in example you showed at 5:02, the 2d organism wouldn't know there is a blue sphere to begin with, all it would see is a green line and it would need to cut through it to see there's something inside or it would need to use sound, kind of like how we can tell something is empty inside by knocking on it and listening. Great video overall, but I never saw anyone explain properly how 2d beings see.

4:36 4D beings playing Dungeons and Dragons with a 600 sided die DM: Roll for damage PC: Hell yes! Nat600 DM: Well done! Your weapon initially miss the boss but it did hit one of his ancestors, changing the course of history entirely and preventing him from being born. Congrats!

Nice video, Im the guy who made particle life 4D. Really didnt expect to get mention in here, well anyways thanks.

I've never considered that the 4th dimension is basically the displacement of empty space, fascinating. This implies all matter exists in constant contact with each other and the universe we see is shaped by those holes between them, like bubbles.

It's really amazing to think about that. I want to mention Flatland, a romance published in late 19th century. Spoilers for a book in public domain, but one of the best parts of the book is when the paralelogram protagonist (I don't remember much if it was a paralelogram or a square) is brought by a sphere to the 3rd dimension and gets euphoric, but then the sphere says "if that is so, then even the worst scoundrels of our world are gods to yours", and the novel ends with sphere wondering if there are indeed higher dimensions. I feel it's the ancestors of the ideas in the video.

9:44 “a WaTeR dInOsAuR”

8:55 in your 1 dimensional brain

"Now that nobody's confused, let's talk about time travel!" Ah yes, the least confusing concept to wrap one's head around.

I am curious if Pikmin will eventually be covered; Pikmin 4 is coming up, and with the previous three titles now all available on Switch, there is plenty of material to cover, especially since there is an in-universe bestiary.

The Tralfamadorians from Slaughterhouse 5 also experience time all at once and have a style of life called fatalism The protagonist from the story also starts experiencing time as they do which is a strangely interesting way to explain PTSD. It's a good book, I'd recommend it :)

2:53 What about 1D life?

A 4th dimensional being would be able see us from every angle at once. A 5th dimensional being would be able to see our world line. A 6th dimensional being would be able to see all of the above and every conceivable possible outcome at once.

You should've at least mentioned A.Dewdney's book The Planiverse in the 2D section. It goes into real depth into how a 2D organism would be built and function, as well as into 2D physics, tectonics, ecology, and even engineering decisions a 2D civilization would realistically implement to go around a flat universe's limitations. It's really brilliant.

imagine seeing an 80 dimensional creature.

-"Hiper-spiders , their bodies extend into the 4th dimension and are considerable larger than we can fathom" CONFUSED ARACNOPHOBE SCREAMING