This has nothing to do with just "Flat Earth", but it is the easiest example, because everyone is arguing about it on Twitter.
So, we have Ball-Earthers vs Flat-Earthers, arguing till they are blue in the face, and calling eachother stupid and retards and imbecile… But, what if the correct shape of the earth needed more than 3 dimensions?
(An example would be: imagine that the world was flat, like the UN flag, Now, take this map on the UN flag and wrap it into a toroid. Imagine the image of the flat earth with a dome over it, and you have a toroid.
And, how many dimensions would we need to describe this? And what if the folding of the map is into higher dimensions. Ones we can't detect in 3D. So, we have 3D + time + 2 or 3 more dimensions to define the container.
This pretty much perfectly gives us why what we see in a telescope looks like a sphere, with often an anomaly that looks like an ice cap, or some other distortion at the poles.)
Now apply this to all of our science theories. Suddenly, the ball-earth vs flat-earth debate looks silly. It turned out to be both, or maybe neither.
3D + the Aether
How many dimensions is the aether? And is it the same structure and space as the physical reality world?
In the aether world, electricity travels down the power poles, in between the two wires. Yes, part of it travels on the exterior surface of the wire, but it also exists in between the wires.
Saying that it is in the air in between the wires is not really correct. But we don't really know.
Modern Materialistic Science believes the world is fixed and solid. But, what if "gravity" is an aether phenomena where the aether gets pulled into nothing, or destroyed/winked out of existence. The "space" in between you and the ground is being sucked away, removed, and thus you are "attracted to the ground".
And, at this point where Modern Materialistic Science denies the aether even exists, it is really hard to measure if the 3D space we see, is the same as the Aether space.
The human body consists of MANY layers
People who can see people's aura describe layers. And that each chakra is a set of glasses all nestled into each other. That people have 7 layers (and more higher up). So, are humans 7D? 10D? 12D?
And if these layers are catalogued and studied in writings dating back 1000s of years, then what does that tell us about how many dimensions we are living in?
Lets say that there are 7 dimensions. One for each chakra.
But each of these layers of the aura, have a 3D structure. It surrounds the physical body.
Now, is that 3D + 7D (well, the 1st chakra is called the physical chakra, so it could be 3D + 6D), but is each of the 7 layers has its own 3D space?
We have so much to learn, and there is a LOT of writings on this. And the only thing standing in the way of what may be the biggest expansion in science is Modern Materialistic Science.
Wormholes and portals
If we do have areas of space that connect other areas of space, what does that say about the dimensions involved?
From a human mind point of view, we just accept that here and there are connected, through this mushroom ring. But, think about trying to model that with our current ideas about 3D space.
Things will be simple + complicated, or simplex. (many layers of simple)
Along with so many other things that are going to happens with the ivory tower hierophants fall, we are going to redefine "space" dimensionally. And, it is about time. These things were being discussed in aether studies 100 years ago. It is long past time that we get back to that, and figure some of these things out.
Science, in the future, is going to be so much more exciting.
Imagine flying cars and worm holes.
And then, what about nearly instantaneous communication across the galaxy?