Flatfooted

Flatfooted.mp3
Flatfooted.mp4
Flatfooted-Unplugged-Underground-XXIV.mp3
Flatfooted-Unplugged-Underground-XXIV.mp4
Flatfooted-intro.mp3

[Verse 1]
Tryin’ to visualize
(What I’m getting into)
Don’t want a surprise
(To split me in two)

[Chorus]
Will I go one dimensional
(Flatfooted)
Or all multidimensional
(Omni-rooted)

[Bridge]
Stepping into time dilation
(Stretched out like spaghetti)
Beyond imagination
(No time to be petty)

[Verse 2]
After havin’ thought it through
(I’m not sure what I’m gonna do)
Don’t wanna spread myself too thin
(Caught flatfooted, again)

[Chorus]
Will I go one dimensional
(Flatfooted)
Or all multidimensional
(Omni-rooted)

[Bridge]
Stepping into time dilation
(Stretched out like spaghetti)
Beyond imagination
(No time to be petty)

[Chorus]
Will I go one dimensional
(Flatfooted)
Or all multidimensional
(Omni-rooted)

[Outro]
Stepping into time dilation
(Stretched out like spaghetti)
Beyond imagination
(No time to be petty)

A SCIENCE NOTE
Time dilation is the difference in elapsed time as measured by two clocks, either because of a relative velocity between them, or a difference in gravitational potential between their locations.

From the available scientific information, it’s highly improbable that a human body would survive entering a wormhole. Even if wormholes exist, they are thought to be extremely unstable and could collapse if any matter were to enter them. In such a scenario, the person and any accompanying spacecraft would likely be destroyed.

If a traversable wormhole were somehow created and stabilized (which would likely require hypothetical “exotic matter”), the question of one or multidimensionality still arises.

Based on current understanding, it’s believed you would still exist in 3D linear spacetime while traversing a wormhole. The idea that wormholes lead to higher dimensions might stem from visualizations of wormholes as a 3D sphere, in contrast to the 2D “holes” often depicted in science fiction. However, a more accurate analogy is a folded piece of paper, where the wormhole creates a shortcut through the 2D plane without adding another dimension.

Some physicists theorize that wormholes could be projections of a fourth spatial dimension. However, this remains speculative and not directly related to a person’s immediate experience inside the wormhole.

Potential physical dangers in a wormhole

Tidal forces: The intense gravity associated with a wormhole could lead to spaghettification, where an object is stretched out like spaghetti due to the varying gravitational pull across its length.
Radiation: Wormholes may be environments with high levels of hard radiation, which would be lethal to humans.
Instability and collapse: Wormholes are expected to be highly unstable, potentially collapsing faster than anything could traverse them.

In short, a journey through a wormhole would be extremely dangerous and likely unsurvivable. While the possibility of traversing higher dimensions is an interesting theoretical concept, it’s not a direct consequence of simply entering a wormhole based on our current scientific understanding.

Flatfooted

From the album “Wormhole“