Dammit, Linda Stasi, That Identical Twin Documentary Was Not In "4-D"

Jake Kalish — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:30:00 GMT

So National Geographic did a documentary about identical twins, part of their In The Womb series. it aired Sunday night, and will re-air Sunday the 28th at 2 p.m. Linda Stasi of The New York Post saw it, and loved it! Here's Linda Stasi's review

The show is a jam-packed hour of non-stop, easy-to-digest information and sensational imagery taken using 4-D (yes, you read that right) ultra sound technology, HD microscopic footage and scientifically precise computer-generated imagery.

4-D? As in, they discovered a way of seeing and representing the fourth dimension, and it was buried in the middle of a TV review in the New York Post? Whaaat? Shouldn't this be bigger news? it, like, changes all space, time, and understanding, for the duration of human history. Shouldn't this at least be page 3 of the Post, after whatever's going on with Lohan and Ronson? Turns out this is not Linda Stasi's fault: there's special womb imagery that's actually called "4-D", in a mean-spirited tease to science dorks everywhere. This is what they're talking about: A 3-d scan of the womb in real time. 3-D + time = 4-D, according to these pregnancy peoples. Pretty cool, right? But not as cool as the fourth dimension. 3-dimensions moving in real time kind of just sounds like "life." This, on the other hand, is the fourth dimension.

You know, the thing we can't visualize or understand. But here's Carl Sagan, doing his best to explain:

The Remote Island : Carl Sagan

Dammit, Linda Stasi, That Identical Twin Documentary Was Not In "4-D"