Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: In order to explain the observed number of large spatial dimensions anthropically, life should not be possible in a different number of dimensions. This paper considers some commonly cited obstructions to life in one fewer dimension, namely the nature of gravity and the complexity of neuronal networks, and finds that they are not insurmountable. Thus this reopens the question of the existence of life in a different number of dimensions and hence also the search for explanations for the observed number of dimensions.
Source: Physical Review Research
Author: J. H. C. Scargill
Institution: University of California, Davis
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,625
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy
OpenAlex ID: W3008928926