It's a cute theory, as far as it goes, but I don't believe it goes far enough. For example, it doesn't explore the phase angles of vectors predicated upon those 3 basic dimensions. Also, I think they need to find a different "third dimension of time" - simply being able to move along an already determined dimension does not seem to be a dimension in and of itself.
As we will all find out one day, "time" is a vastly complicated entity. far more complex than even this theory accounts for. It is so complex that it can fairly be said that "time does not exist" - at least not in the linear, unidirectional way that humans can perceive it.
Giving it 3 dimensions purely as a visualization tool is a step in the right direction, but accounting for the phase angles of vectors (or, more properly, the deltas or differences of those phase angles) predicated upon those dimensions would take us farther still. It could, conceivably, lead to something that may be viewed from a human perspective as "manipulation of time".
"Manipulation of time" would allow for some staggering things. Space travel, for example. If one can manipulate time, universal speed limits no longer have meaning, since speed is distance traveled over time.
Even in that case, however, we would still not have a firm grasp on the nature of time. Part of the problem is wrapped up in our conception of "mass" and "matter". Like time, neither of those truly exist in the ways we perceive them. At it's most basic, the entire universe consists only of energies and forces. When those gather into a discrete bundle, we see them as "mass" and "matter", but in reality they are not - they're just gatherings of energies and forces. That is all particles really are, and everything else is constructed from those particles.
At least that's how I see it, and how I'm going to continue to see it until something better comes along.
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As we will all find out one day, "time" is a vastly complicated entity. far more complex than even this theory accounts for. It is so complex that it can fairly be said that "time does not exist" - at least not in the linear, unidirectional way that humans can perceive it.
Giving it 3 dimensions purely as a visualization tool is a step in the right direction, but accounting for the phase angles of vectors (or, more properly, the deltas or differences of those phase angles) predicated upon those dimensions would take us farther still. It could, conceivably, lead to something that may be viewed from a human perspective as "manipulation of time".
"Manipulation of time" would allow for some staggering things. Space travel, for example. If one can manipulate time, universal speed limits no longer have meaning, since speed is distance traveled over time.
Even in that case, however, we would still not have a firm grasp on the nature of time. Part of the problem is wrapped up in our conception of "mass" and "matter". Like time, neither of those truly exist in the ways we perceive them. At it's most basic, the entire universe consists only of energies and forces. When those gather into a discrete bundle, we see them as "mass" and "matter", but in reality they are not - they're just gatherings of energies and forces. That is all particles really are, and everything else is constructed from those particles.
At least that's how I see it, and how I'm going to continue to see it until something better comes along.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake