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What is Time?

Time is both the dimension of change and the 'flow' of change – one word, two subtly different meanings

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  • Introduction – what is Time?
    • Science has failed to explain time.
    • Philosophy, lost in time…back to Aristotle?
    • Time for change
  • What the dictionaries say about Time…
    • …and what we can deduce from the dictionaries.
  • What is change (and what do Clocks actually measure)?
  • What is a dimension?
  • 1. Time: the dimension
    • Space, Space-Time, and Time dilation
    • Change the splintered Arrow of Time.
    • Does time measure or is it the thing being measured?
  • 2. Time: the ‘flow’
    • Duration and Persistence
  • So what does this mean for Time?
  • Time, change and relativity
    • Quantum theory and Change
    • Thermodynamics, Entropy and the Arrow of Change
    • Quantum Field Theory and the Arrow of Change
  • Conclusion
  • What does ChatGPT make of this?
  • What Grok says
    • Understanding Relativity: The Spacetime Interval Explained
  • Gemini’s view
    • The Black Hole information paradox
    • Time dilation
  • Question I get asked about Time and related stuff.
  • Appendix 1: What the dictionaries say about time
  • Bibliography
  • Contact
  • Author: Simon Morley

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Is matter made of space-time?

January 21, 2022timedefiner Leave a comment

No. Spacetime is an abstract dimension. Space-time merely references the relative position and change of relative position (motion) of matter.

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What is Time? The ‘ultimate paradox’ resolved

What is Time? The ‘ultimate paradox’ resolved
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