2D representation of a 3D representation of a 5D puzzle

[xdarkyrex]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d7c_1196565374
video of a 4 dimensional tesseract rubix 'cube'

http://www.gravitation3d.com/magiccube5d/
5 dimensional rubix 'cube' program

My brain asplode
(I am hopelessly lost trying to solve the 5D one, I've never even solved a normal rubix cube...)

 

[Stag]

What is the fifth dimension? The fourth is time...I don't think there's such a thing as a fifth dimension, and if there is, it would asplode you mind to think about it.

 

[xdarkyrex]

What is the fifth dimension? The fourth is time...I don't think there's such a thing as a fifth dimension, and if there is, it would asplode you mind to think about it.

No, the fourth dimension is not time.

 

[Stag]

Stephen Hawking says so...I'm far too tired to think...

What is the fourth dimension?

 

[xdarkyrex]

A tesseract.

 

[Stag]

In geometry, the tesseract, also called 8-cell or octachoron, is the four-dimensional analog of the (three-dimensional) cube, where motion along the fourth dimension is often a representation for bounded transformations of the cube through time.

Darky, you're killing me here.

 

[xdarkyrex]

It doesn't quite work like that, but I can't really explain it, ya know?
Not without advanced maths.

 

[KQX]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81gGxSEm2i0[/youtube]