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3.34sWhy, watch what happens when I drop this marble.
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3.32sWell, that's the same, but other things are different.
2.87sCome, look at this two-dimensional bird's nest.
2.97sOoh! Me first! I'll just step past Leela here.
1.57sBOTH: Ow!
3.9sYou can't step past in this dimension. You have to step around.
1.39s(MUTTERING MOCKINGLY)
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2.69sObserve this two-dimensional egg.
2.65sIf we were in the third dimension, looking down,
2.57swe'd be able to see an unhatched chick in it,
5.71sjust as a chick inside a three-dimensional egg could be seen by an observer in the fourth dimension.
3.3sFourth dimension? I can't picture that! You're dumb.
2.9sHalt! (ALL EXCLAIM) Who said that?
2.62sAll I see are a bunch of vertical line segments.
2sWe are the Lords of Flatbush.
2.57sCome. The king has declared a feast in your honor.
2.59sWow. How did he even know we're here?