eli5 please explain to me “n” dimensions

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I get 1, 2, and 3 dimensions and their visual representations. For instance, 3-dimensional space has width, length, and depth but how about a 6-dimensional space, how can we grasp it in n intuitive manner free of mathematical analysis?

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Visually you can maybe do 5 dims at the same time (with a color coded 4d object) but more than that you slice it I guess – when exploring a dataset for example.

I don’t think you should try and force yourself to intuit about n dimensional objects without mathematics. We invented mathematics for this. Same way as you want a shovel for digging a ditch. Don’t use your hands.

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