I’ve never understood it either.
Cool to think about but basically useless.
I’m having a hard time existing in Obama’s “3 Dimension world” so scientists, please go away and take the 7 other dimensions with you.
Twilight Zone
Outer Limits
Night Gallery
Those are the only other “dimensions” worth looking at.
Not necessarily useless—it will likely gain millions of $$ in grants to some parasite.