Theory of the 10 Dimensions of Reality

A slightly less expansive (but still existentially terrifying) model of everything, stopping just short of the ultimate Void. This framework maps reality through ten layers: starting with the three spatial dimensions, adding time as the fourth, and then spiraling through the multiverse. Dimension 5 is the branch of possible yous from a single choice. Dimension 6 contains all timelines from our Big Bang. Dimension 7 holds universes with different physical constants. Dimension 8 is the grand plane containing all these divergent multiverses. Dimension 9 allows for transversal—jumping between any two universes, not just neighboring ones. Dimension 10 is the final container: the set of all possible mathematical and physical structures, the infinite library of every conceivable cosmos. It's everything that could logically exist, but doesn't question what exists beyond possibility itself.

Theory of the 10 Dimensions of Reality "I thought I had seen every possible bad Tinder profile in Dimension 8. Then I accidentally swiped right into Dimension 9 and found a universe where people's bios are just interpretive dance. Dimension 10 assures me that somewhere, a universe exists where this actually works. I'm still waiting."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 22, 2026

Hard Problem of Objective Reality

The metaphysical vertigo induced by asking whether reality exists independently of our perceptions, and if so, what we can possibly know about it. This is philosophy's oldest headache: the world seems real, but everything we know about it comes through senses that can be fooled, a brain that interprets, and language that shapes. The Hard Problem isn't solipsism—most people agree something exists out there. The problem is that we can't climb outside our own consciousness to see reality raw and unmediated. We're forever looking through a window smudged with our own fingerprints, trying to describe the view.

Hard Problem of Objective Reality "We're all arguing about politics, but the Hard Problem of Objective Reality is that none of us are experiencing reality directly—we're experiencing neural interpretations of sensory data filtered through trauma and cable news. Maybe chill out a little?"

by Dumu The Void February 23, 2026

Hard Problem of Reality

The ultimate existential headache: what is reality, really? Not just what's in it, but what it is. Is reality physical matter? Mental construction? Information? Simulation? Mathematical structure? The Hard Problem is that every answer generates more questions. If reality is physical, what are thoughts? If reality is mental, what are rocks? If reality is information, what's the substrate? Science pushes back the frontier of explanation but never reaches the final answer—it tells us how reality behaves, not what it is. The Hard Problem of Reality is that we're inside the thing trying to understand the thing, with no outside view available.

"You think you're having a bad day? The Hard Problem of Reality means none of us even know what a 'day' is at the fundamental level. Is it a unit of time? A rotation of Earth? A subjective experience of duration? I'm not depressed; I'm just ontologically overwhelmed."

by Dumu The Void February 23, 2026