Message #3122

From: Melinda Green <melinda@superliminal.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: Sixth solve of 3^7!
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:35:20 -0700

Math folks count. Most of those that I’ve explained it to get scared
almost as often as the general public. Maybe for them they’re worried
that if they understand it, then they’ll be required to solve them.

For readers here wondering about this stuff, please try this experiment:
Tell some people about the 4D cube and show it to them if you can.
Especially try with some people with a fair amount of math. Then tell
them that we also have 7D cubes as well as 3D hyperbolic and abstract
polyhedra and let us know how they respond to that news. I’ve had people
want to violently change the subject. It’s really odd.

On 6/13/2015 1:45 PM, Craig Durward craigdurward@hotmail.com [4D_Cubing]
wrote:
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> There are only a few people I know that are interested in things like
> this, and I can never get a coherent explanation together good enough
> to explain things properly to them. The pictures help a lot, though.
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> There was one who took enough interest to look at the websites on his
> own - but he’s a maths postgrad, so I feel like he almost doesn’t count.
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> To: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
> From: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 16:45:19 -0700
> Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: Sixth solve of 3^7!
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> I think that all of us here can relate to your story. What do your
> friends and family think about it? I ask because I’ve found that when
> talking about the 4D cube, people will often quake with a strange sort
> of fear. Perhaps it’s something like math phobia, I’m not really sure,
> but when I’ve then described some of these other puzzles in even
> higher dimensions and strange topologies, their minds seem to implode
> and refuse to take in any more information. What’s it like when the
> lead-in to such a discussion is the 7D Rubik’s cube?
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> On 6/12/2015 12:27 PM, Craig Durward craigdurward@hotmail.com
> <mailto:craigdurward@hotmail.com> [4D_Cubing] wrote:
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> Well, I did it after a lot of hesitation. I remember thinking I’d
> never bother to finish it, but once I get so far with something
> I’m loathe to let it go, no matter how long it takes.
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> As for where the time comes from: I did it just after the birth of
> my son. The only way we could get him to settle in those days was
> when he was asleep on someone, so I thought I might as well try it
> if I was going to be confined to a chair for long periods of time.
> I had plenty of time to do it before he grew out of that phase
> (unfortunately for me and his mum).
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> He (and his baby brother) is a bit more demanding of my time now -
> I barely have time to do a 3^3, never mind a 3^7.
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> Cheers,
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> Craig
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> To: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com <mailto:4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com>
> From: 4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com <mailto:4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2015 03:06:59 -0700
> Subject: Re: [MC4D] Re: Sixth solve of 3^7!
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> LOL, I don’t blame you, Andrey. I struggle to understand how
> people do find the time, and wonder if there are any limits to the
> lengths they will go. It would appear that I’m getting close.
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> On 6/9/2015 1:07 AM, andreyastrelin@yahoo.com
> <mailto:andreyastrelin@yahoo.com> [4D_Cubing] wrote:
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> I’m not in this game :) Time to Big Rip is too short to spend
> 70 hours for another solve of this monster :)
> Andrey
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