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appendix g<br />
evolution of four-dimensional beings<br />
The brain acts as a filter of reality, reducing our perception to what is<br />
necessary for survival. Therefore, we have developed sensory <strong>org</strong>ans<br />
that only perceive 3-D. As our neural pathways form in the first years<br />
of life, our brains are programmed to see reality in accord with these<br />
<strong>org</strong>ans, and hence we limit it to 3-D. Given all that cannot be understood<br />
in three-dimensional terms (Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox,<br />
or even just the simple wave-particle duality), it seems that we are<br />
functioning in a reality composed of more than three dimensions. God<br />
may be a being in the infinite dimension, or perhaps a being that can<br />
conceive of all dimensions easily.<br />
—Lindy Oliver, personal communication<br />
The presence of God, the side of this Power which is turned towards<br />
us—and indeed with our human thinking we can never penetrate into<br />
the essential nature of this Power—is in fact a space. A space, of course,<br />
is not a self-contained whole, with definable boundaries separating it<br />
in the objective sense from something else.<br />
—Karl Heim, Christian Faith and Natural Science<br />
Surface Area and Volume<br />
It is likely that 4-D beings would possess internal <strong>org</strong>ans with some vague similarities<br />
to their Earthly counterparts because 4-D creatures will have to perform functions<br />
that are carried out most efficiently by specialized tissues. For example, 4-D<br />
beings may have digestive and excretory systems, a transport system to distribute<br />
nutrients <strong>through</strong> the body, and specialized <strong>org</strong>ans to facilitate movement. Evolutionary<br />
pressure would probably lead to familiar ecological classes of carnivores,<br />
herbivores, parasites, and beneficial symbiotic relationships. Technological 4-D<br />
beings will have appendages comparable to hands and feet for manipulating<br />
objects. Technological beings must also have senses, such as sight, touch, or hearing,<br />
although the precise nature of senses that evolve on another world would<br />
depend on the environment. For example, some 4-D aliens may have eyes sensitive<br />
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