Multidimensional graphs

Off a random MSN conversation one night:


[P] says (11:22 PM):
i have this theory of friendship/relationships
[P] says (11:22 PM):
it is about multidimensional graphs
[P] says (11:22 PM):
imagine the X axis to be time
[P] says (11:23 PM):
imagine that you as a human being can have your character and essence boiled down into a few dimensions and numbers so that they can be plottable on a graph, like, say, you have a patience of 40 and risk-averseness of 20
[P] says (11:24 PM):
imagine there is also an axis representing some form of position in space.
[P] says (11:24 PM):
now every person is a plotted line across time
[P] says (11:24 PM):
and they change in their personalities, slowly, but they do change, and they change in their space-position somewhat more rapidly (was thinking about this while abroad and had lots of friends who moved about in space)
[P] says (11:27 PM):
so people are lines on this graph
and before you meet them for the first time, you have no idea about all these other people out there

A says (11:27 PM):
mmhm
[P] says (11:28 PM):
and you sort of only can come into contact with other lines who are there in the same space time
[P] says (11:28 PM):
but once you have come into contact with them, you start to exert an influence on each other, and here i insert the assumption that the more time you spend with one another, the closer you will grow to be in your personalities/interests/whatever dimension
A says (11:29 PM):
yes, probably.
[P] says (11:29 PM):
so gradually your lines will move closer together
[P] says (11:29 PM):
if they are close enough, even if a line were to move off into somewhere else due to a shift along the space-dimension
[P] says (11:30 PM):
you would still retain this closeness on the other dimensions, and stay as close friends, even if you do not keep in touch all that often anymore
A says (11:30 PM):
yeah
[P] says (11:30 PM):
and over time the lines may drift, or not
[P] says (11:30 PM):
but if they don't drift that far, then when the person comes back and your space/time is aligned again, can be friends easily
A says (11:30 PM):
mmhm
A says (11:30 PM):
like with my pri sch best friend, on facebook
A says (11:31 PM):
you should blog this. it's an interesting image