We can recreate a 3-dimensional picture on a 2-dimensional surface. Why can’t we visualize a 4-dimensional world in a 3-dimensional area?

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We can recreate a 3-dimensional picture on a 2-dimensional surface. Why can’t we visualize a 4-dimensional world in a 3-dimensional area?

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Our entire visual system works by representing a 3D world in 2D, so it’s very intuitive to do this for pictures. As other comments have stated, there are equivalents in higher dimensions, but they’re not nearly as intuitive for us to grasp.

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