Something that makes me have seconds thoughts about morphing

[Damien]

Hahaha, it sounds logical in my head, but I don't know how to put it into words... basicly I don't how explain it without sounding stupid... maye I could draw it but...

You see I understand the concept  Z-space but it doesn't add up. In the theory space itself is the surface area of the "cone". But the surface of the cone is only two dimensional, hence it being a surface but space isn't two dimensional it is in four dimensions (length, width, height, and time?) So how could space, a four dimensional "thing" (can't think of a better word) fit onto a surface, a two dimensional object? It doesn't make sense. In theory space expands endlessly in all directions. I think the only way to make sense of it would be to have multiple cones for certain parts of space. That itself is stupid, isn't it? Of course I can't put my ideas into words without them sounding stupid at all huh?

I could try sketching my ideas down but...  is it really worth it? Maybe then I could make sense of it...

[morfowt]

the cone isn't a theory. the cone is just a (very) simplified model so our puny human minds can somehow comprehend it.

it's like on a map, you say a square is a building. buildings are 3-dimensional, but the square on the map is 2-dimensional

[Damien]

That makes a lot more sense now xD. Still the idea of Z-space... its possible I suppose. Maybe its an alternate space where everything is condensed so things "travel faster" but other than that... never mind I'm sounding stupid again. Carry on.

[Acalio-Laron-Jaham]

hey i thought z-space is opening a hole in normal space and when u go in it, it condenses the space between where you are and your destination 

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Nah, that would be too similar to every other sci-fi FTL plot device out there. Z-space seems to be equivalent to traveling in higher dimensions, but in a way that's somehow still grounded in our universe and dimensions.

[morfowt]

hey i thought z-space is opening a hole in normal space and when u go in it, it condenses the space between where you are and your destination 

I think you're thinking of a wormhole...

[Galladerotom]

According to einstein what we percieve as space and time are acutally the same thing Space-time. Objects with mass cause the bending of space time what we know as gravity. This is why they have to keep reseting GPS satelite timers because time passes at a different rate in outer space.

Stretch a thin sheet out in mid-air and throw an object on to it. The object will bend the sheet like the way a planet bends Space-time. Anyway imagine this sheet is in a cone. It would take alot less time to travel around the top of the cone then the bottom and the area at the top is Z-Space.

Anyway that's how I percieve Z-space.

As for morphing Z-Space is probably so vast that two ships almost never meet in Z-Space. To be honest I don't think in the grand scheme of things that a larger mass (in human terms) would make much difference. The fact that the animorphs came across a dome ship in Z-Space was astronomical luck.
Or as Dr.Mcoy put it. "It would be like shooting a bullet with another bullet while riding a horse."