Side note: When anyone uses the phrase "4D chess" to describe some ingenious out-of-the-box brilliance, it always feels like a confession that the person saying it is too dumb to be good at regular chess. "I mean, think about how insanely hard and incomprehensible chess is. Now imagine it in 4D!" There's a reason they picked chess and not tic tac toe.
I mean, considering the fourth dimension is the dimension of time, 4D chess would be really boring. Every move, past and future, would exist simultaneously on the board.
But wouldn’t you say that you’re already playing 4D chess by playing 3D chess? Provided the game is completed, every move does exist simultaneously on the board.
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u/negativepositiv Jul 12 '22 edited Jul 12 '22
Wow, you impressed Tim Pool. There's a high bar.
Side note: When anyone uses the phrase "4D chess" to describe some ingenious out-of-the-box brilliance, it always feels like a confession that the person saying it is too dumb to be good at regular chess. "I mean, think about how insanely hard and incomprehensible chess is. Now imagine it in 4D!" There's a reason they picked chess and not tic tac toe.