Graphing in six dimensions for dummies

I was in a training on multi dimensional language, called MDX, when the teacher asked how you would draw 5 or 6 dimension.  The class started talking about the thickness of lines and colors and other variations on how a two dimensional graph would have more dimensions.  After noodling on it for a while, I think there’s a better way:

First, graphing one dimension is easy.  You take a line and put a point on it.

One dimension is a line with a point on it (I've deliberatly avoided all color or line thichness to avoid confussion with the other class members suggestions.) The answer is: you draw another line and where it intersects. Each dimension is a point on a line. You can draw those lines in any way you want as long as you show the point where they intersect.Dimensions one through six

In my next post, I might try and make some prettier charts to illustrate the idea.  Does this make sense to you?  I think we could develop some charting tools in current applications to show this stuff.  I’ve had a few written out and will share them.  What would you think a 6 dimensional chart would look like?

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Tags: Dimension, MDX, Star Trek, String Theory