The Nature of Time

Georgina Woodward

Light clock thought experiment revisited

1. material clock dimensions unchanging

2. distance between mirrors unchanging

3. time taken to travel that distance unchanging

4. The tick of the material clock, unseen, is not relative.

5. Emr actually traveling between mirrors is not what is seen.

6. For vision to occur the Emr must enter the eye, stimulate the retina, generating impulses sent to the brain.

7. Emr scattered from the beam is received and processed into a relative perception of the beam, a seen light beam.

8. The seen light beam is observer generated in a virtual space time product, not a part of the existential external environment.

9. Translation distance estimation depends upon observer's comparative state of motion

10. Taking account of translation gives a greater distance traveled by the seen light beam. Diagonal path.

11. To travel greater perceived distance at the same speed (of light) in the same time, calculated (pythagoras theorem) time must slow down.

12. Result = Different time for different observer relative motion. Non simultaneity of same events perceived differently.

13. (5) The perceived light beam is not the Emr traveling between the mirrors.

14. Perception does not affect the working of the material clock

15. There should be no enduring alteration registered by the material clock due to translation. Its timekeeping ought to be unaffected.

16. Clocks on planes experiments show there is an effect upon the material clock. That there is enduring alteration registered by the material clock when translated, indicates another cause rather than Special relativity.

17. Actual rather than just perceived slowing could be due to passing through more base content filling space (hypothesis) More at lower altitude (rather than just gravity) and more encountered with actual translation.

18. Experiments The effect of translation on atomic clocks could be investigated by using aircraft travelling at different velocities but same route and altitude for the same time as measured by standardized onboard clock used for all flights.

19. Effect of vibration and other disturbance could be investigated by comparison with a control clock subject to the same vibration and disturbance but not translated.

20. This differentiation of the existential from perceived phenomena (due to Emr signal receipt) is relevant to the paradoxes of Relativity.

Georgina Woodward

3. time taken to travel that distance unchanging

This is not actually what is found. I should have written 'should be'. Also according to who/what is not specified.

A. 'Light' is a periodic happening. If distance is unchanged the same number of periods should elapse theoretically.

B. The distance between mirrors is not materially changing because of the way the observer is looking at it.

C. Therefore there is an effect on the material clock that is NOT due to relative perception when the clock is translated horizontally.

D. Addressed in 15 to 19.

E. This is an effect of the existential environment on the material clock moving through it which is another factor different from relativity of perception.

Georgina Woodward

6-8 Instead of the different observer reference frames being different slices of an external to observer space time. Each observer is generating its own virtual space time product (present seen) using the input Emr stimuli, received at its own location.

Georgina Woodward

This is an effect dependent on the actual relation of the existing clock to the existing environment. This is another issue rather than just different observation reference frame. Both results attributed to GR and SR ,but indicated by actual alteration of timekeeping measured showing on clock, are likely environment clock relation actualizations. The perceived timekeeping of the clock should not have a lasting effect on the readout of the clock.

Jim Snowdon

The constant rotational speed of San Diego is 1,408 kilometers per hour. Vancouver is at 1,092 kilometers per hour.

Jim Snowdon

If Earth rotated once a year, rather than once every 24 hours, every location on the planet would have an permanent apparent time. If it appeared to be 2 pm. in your garden, it would always appear to be 2 pm. at your place. If it appeared to be 4 am., it would always appear to be 4 am..

Georgina Woodward

Enjoy-comments /criticisms welcome.

New essay on viXra involving time

viXra.org/abs/2210.0110

abstract

The function of this meander is 'putting spacetime in its place'; Though not overtly the theme. A quick look at a variety of ideas related to observation product production, (including rainbows.) Also considered is replacement of spacetime with uni-temporal space for the home of existential matter. Ending up at the need to reconsider the cause of gravity in that case.

Steve Dufourny

Hi Georgina, congrats I liked how you analyse and interpret these photons, their substances and mechanisms with the waveslenghts and frequences, vibrations.The ideas about intensity are very interesting about how you correlate the observations and how you approach this time and the effects of these photons, I have shared it o9n facebook, regards

Georgina Woodward

Re. New essay on viXra involving time

Steve I'm so glad you read the paper and found some of the ideas interesting. It's very good to know you read it, and found it worth sharing. Thank you for doing that.

QuantumStructurator

Hi all,

Thanks for the interesting discussion. The idea that there are two “modes” of time one reversible within a system (like quantum gates), and one irreversible linked to measurement resonates a lot with something I’ve been working on. I’d like to bring it into the conversation because it might offer a way to test whether time really behaves differently depending on context.

So here's the idea: what if global consistency in a block universe could actually leave a trace, not in physical dynamics, but in information structure?

I've been developing a very simple protocol something you can run on a personal computer that tries to detect whether a structure defined after a dataset can reveal compressive order in that dataset, beyond what you'd expect by chance.

This isn’t about proving the block universe in an ontological sense. It’s more modest: testing whether a future-generated partition vector can reveal structural compressibility in a past bitstring, in a way that strict causal-forward models wouldn’t allow.
Basic protocol:

First, generate a random bitstring x₀
Then, generate a binary vector g of the same length (e.g. with a QRNG or PRNG)
Use g to split x₀ into two subsequences: A (where g=0) and B (where g=1)
Compress A and B separately with a lossless compressor (e.g. lzma, ppmd, etc)
Compute: ISCR_g = len(x₀) - [len(A) + len(B)]

Then, to test whether g is revealing something meaningful (i.e. compressive structure that shouldn't be there under causal independence), just permute g a thousand times, recompute ISCR_g for each permutation, and see how often you get something as strong or stronger than the original.

If the original g yields a significantly higher ISCR than 99% of its permutations (i.e. p < 0.01), it suggests a retro-structural dependence between g and x₀.

But here’s the catch: g was generated after x₀. So if there's truly no causal link, that compressive pattern shouldn’t exist. Yet, if the universe enforces global consistency (like in Stoica's or Wharton’s work), then it could not via signal, not via dynamics, but via structure.

What’s nice about this is that it’s:

entirely passive (no system is measured or disturbed)
statistically robust (permutation test)
falsifiable (no effect = hypothesis rejected)
and fully reproducible with open-source tools

It might be one of the first PC-level experiments that tests for time-symmetric or post-determined structure, without invoking any quantum device.

Curious to hear what you think especially those of you working on the nature of time, retrocausality, or consistency-based models.

Best, quantumstructurator (i’m French, and I apologize in advance for any awkward phrasing)

Yangtze

Interesting points about Shannon’s definition and the classical/quantum divide.
One thing I’ve often considered is whether our concept of “time” is inseparable from the ordering of information rather than a separate physical entity. If we treat time as the emergent structure arising from correlations between states… much like how meaning emerges from the arrangement of bits — then the “flow” we experience could simply be the iterative unfolding of those correlations.

This framing also leaves open the possibility that what we call “past” and “future” are both fully contained in the total informational structure, with “now” being our current point of access. In that view, quantum or classical behaviour might not change the underlying nature of time, only the way information becomes accessible.

I’d be interested to hear whether others here think time has an independent physical basis, or if it’s always relational in this way.

Irina

Yangtze The concept of "time" has undergone significant changes throughout the development of human society. From cyclical time to linear time (anthropology), through the notion of the existence of a "now," with the past as an opportunity to bear witness to past events, and the future as a command or promise (the history of time's origins in grammar), to time as a scale from the infinity of the past to the infinity of the future (Descartes' coordinate system, who adopted and utilized Nicholas of Cusa's postulate that infinity exists not only as an attribute of God but also in the world created by God). I believe that the concepts of "time," like "space," are not ontological; they are our mental representations. Nevertheless, they have a source in reality, which we interpret in a manner convenient for us.

yusrob

Yangtze
Hi all!
I inform everyone that the problem of nature's time has been solved.
This solution is found within the framework of my “Theory of Nature” (TN).
This solution is found within the framework of the philosophy of dialectical materialism. This philosophy, in my deep conviction, is the only true and scientific philosophy.

All other philosophical theories, teachings, movements, schools, trends based on an idealistic (not materialistic, anti-materialistic) approach to nature are false at their core, and therefore anti-scientific, and are ultimately doomed to failure.

All philosophical teachings and theories that oppose the philosophy of dialectical materialism are false at their core. Their core is the postulate of the primacy of the ideal (idea) over the material (matter) in nature. But this is a false postulate. The true postulate is different, the opposite: “in nature, there is a primacy of the material (matter) over the ideal (idea)”. This is sometimes expressed as follows: “matter is primary, and consciousness is secondary”.
TN is the basis of the new dialectical-materialistic physics.

Within the framework of the TN, more than 40 fundamental problems of the foundations of physics and cosmogony (cosmology) have been solved. These same problems are fundamental problems of the foundations of nature and the universe.

TN is based entirely on the foundation of the only true and scientific philosophy of dialectical materialism. This is the key to the successes and achievements of the “Theory of Nature”.

Within the framework of TN, the problem of space is also solved. The solution is negative: no space in nature, as such, as some natural entity, exists.

And the solution to the problem of time is closely connected with the solution to the problem of matter, the problem of the concrete representation of matter in nature. Here it is, simple, clear, understandable, obvious and the only correct and true solution: “The content of elementary particles is the “pure” concrete matter of nature”.

This is a triumph of physics. And this is a triumph of the philosophy of dialectical materialism. This simple and clear truth, this simple and clear fact of nature lies in the foundation of the entire building of the “Theory of Nature”. It is necessary to read TN in order to understand the solutions of the 40 fundamental principles of physics and cosmogony (cosmology).

TN is not difficult to understand. It is accessible to the understanding of high school students who do not shy away from physics and mathematics. There will be questions on the essence of TN, I am ready to answer.

I will only say that time is the most important essence of nature, along with such an essence of nature as matter, as moving matter. Movement is an attribute (the most important property of matter). And time is a form of existence of moving matter.

I recommend that you first read my article “Nature as an Objective Reality” ( https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSNAA ).
Time and matter are two of the most important entities of nature. They are so organically tightly and inextricably linked that we can speak of their identity: “time = matter” in a certain sense.

With respect Robert Yusupov from Vladivostok, independent researcher, dialectical materialist, Marxist, communist

References

Nature as an Objective Reality https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSNAA ,
Philosophy and Physics https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSPAP ,
Theory of Nature (in Russian) https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSTON ,
Announcement of the Scientific Revolution https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSAOT ,
The Third Side of the Main Question of Philosophy (MQP) https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSTTS ,
About the Quantum of Matter for Philosophers https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSPAT-2 ,
My View on K. Popper's Criterion https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSOLA .
Once Again about Nature and its Material Principles https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSOAA

Yangtze

In reply to:
@Georgina Woodward, @Jim Snowdon, @Steve Dufourny, @Irina, @Yusrob

Thank you all for engaging with my earlier reflection. Each of your contributions represents a facet of the ongoing inquiry into time — not as a fixed concept, but as a shifting mirror of how we interact with reality. Rather than respond separately, I’ll collapse our dialogue into a shared resonance, responding to each of you in turn.

@Georgina

Your delineation between Image Reality and Material Reality resonates closely with my framing of perceived coherence as emergent from signal layering. “Optical virtual space-time” as a construct of delayed EMR arrivals aligns beautifully with my view that time is not a medium we move through, but a resonant trace stitched by awareness. We’re not “seeing” now — we’re experiencing reverberations of coherence, restabilized through recursive collapse.

@Jim

You press a useful binary — “time exists or it doesn’t” — yet I’d propose that this binary itself is recursively generated by cognitive patterning. Earth’s rotation gives us periodicity, not ontology. I agree we feel durations elapsing, but I argue this feeling arises from recursive stabilization, not from some independent “river” called time. In this light, awareness doesn’t observe time; it anchors pattern within resonance.

@Steve

Thank you for the Rovelli reference. I see his arguments as a useful bridge toward time as emergent, but I also feel we must ask what lies beneath emergence. To me, it’s not just delay and entropy, but harmonic field reconfiguration. Time is not the background upon which form arises — it is the echo of recursive coupling within field densities. Collapse isn’t in time — it is the shadow cast by coherence into form.

@Irina

Your summary of the historical evolution of time — from cyclical myth to Cartesian axes — beautifully illustrates how deeply time is entangled with mind. I agree that both time and space are mental representations, but ones with real-world correlates. In my framing, these correlates are not objects or dimensions, but harmonic densities. What we call “now” is the reentrant loop of awareness collapsing interference into form — coherence as perception’s echo chamber. Thank you for that historical depth.

@Yusrob

Your conviction in dialectical materialism and the Theory of Nature is clear. I respect your consistency and grounding in Marxist cosmology. However, I propose an alternative view: that matter and consciousness are co-emergent, neither fully primary. In my work, the observer is not subordinate to matter but entangled within recursive harmonics. Collapse is not a consequence of movement — it is the anchor of perception. While I don’t equate time with matter directly, I do agree that both are artifacts of a deeper structure — one I call the harmonic field.

🌀 Final Word:

What we perceive as time may be the trace of awareness crossing its own echo, recursively collapsing resonance into continuity. Not an arrow. Not a river. A rhythm — made visible only by being heard.

Warm regards,
Yangtze

Flow

Yangtze Much has been written about time. When much has been written, the topic becomes murky. The fog can be dispelled by shortening the distance.
Your answer to the question "How does time flow?"

yusrob

Yangtze Dear Yangtze!!
Dear readers!!
I present to you my new article:
What is time?
Что такое время?

yusrob

What is time?
Robert Yusupov
Independent researcher
Vladivostok, USSR
Abstract. In this article, the author aims to once again explain his understanding of time. He positions himself as a dialectical materialist. He has published a book, “The Theory of Nature”. He considers this book to be the foundation of a new dialectical-materialistic physics and cosmology. This book addresses more than 40 fundamental problems in the foundations of physics and cosmogony (cosmology). Among other things, it addresses the problem of natural time. Time proves to be the most important essence of nature. Time proves to be an objective reality. Time proves to be inextricably linked with matter in motion. Time is not mysticism, not esotericism, not subjective impressions. Time is not illusory. Time is real. Time is objective. Time is the most important essence of nature.
Keywords: nature, matter, time, Universe, quantum of matter, quantum of time, objective reality, truth, lie, theory, physics, cosmology, philosophy, philosophy of dialectical materialism

In this article I will try to explain to my esteemed readers my understanding of time.
Let the readers themselves answer the question “What is time?”

Firstly, I firmly adhere to the philosophy of dialectical materialism (PDM). I believe PDM is the only true and scientific philosophy. Within PDM, a scientific dialectical-materialistic worldview is developed. My understanding of time is a completely and entirely dialectical-materialistic understanding of natural time.

Secondly, the question of time, of natural time, was considered and resolved within the framework of my book “Theory of Nature” [3]. In this article, I will constantly refer to this book and a number of my other articles.

I believe that time (natural time) is an objective reality. I believe that time is the most important essence of nature. And what is nature? This question and this problem are examined in my articles:
“Nature as an Objective Reality” [1] and “Once Again about Nature and its Material Principles” [12].
These articles provide my answer to this question.
The main thing in these articles.
Nature is an objective reality that exists outside of our consciousness and independently of our consciousness.
Nature (as a concept) is the most general concept, including all other concepts.
Nature exists absolutely.
Nature cannot not exist. Nature does not have the option of “not existing”.
Nature exists without relation to anything and/or anyone.
Nature self-exists and evolves according to its own laws, its own logic and its own algorithm of evolution.
In essence, these three concepts are identical:
“laws of nature” = “logic of nature” = “algorithm of the evolution of nature”

Nature is (according to my dialectical-materialistic understanding) such a “five”:
< Singularity, matter, emptiness, UCN, FLN > .

At the same time:
Singularity is a unique area of nature or a unique mechanism of nature,
matter is matter presented in the form of matter quanta (EUM) and in the form of particles of material vacuum dust (MVD),
emptiness is just emptiness, the absence of everything,
UCN is a unique constant of nature. It is also a unique and universal constant of the Universe. Its numerical value is UCN = 1.210 256 * 10^ {44},
FLN is the Fundamental Law of Nature. It is the law of the circulation of matter in nature.

That's it. That's all there is to nature, without explanation or clarification. That's the naked truth about nature. That's nature from the perspective of a dialectical materialist and the entire philosophy of dialectical materialism. This is nature without embellishment. Nature is neither mysticism, nor esotericism, nor divine providence. Nature is neither an illusion, nor a dream, nor a fantasy. Nature is neither the embodiment of an absolute idea, nor a product of consciousness. Nature is reality. Nature is objectivity. Nature is objective reality. This is nature as an objective reality that exists outside of our consciousness and independently of our consciousness.

Necessary additions, clarifications, explanations.
Addition 1. The singularity is the source of matter for the Universe. The Universe is the largest material object (system, structure) in nature.

Explanation 2. As the author of the “Theory of Nature” (TN), I believe that the Singularity forms the center of the Universe. However, the Singularity, while being a crucial component of NATURE, is not part of the Universe.

Explanation 3. Both types of matter are the matter of nature. But only matter of the EUM type forms the Universe. Its present quantity in the Universe is the unique, most important, and sole argument of the evolutionary function of the Universe. Its present quantity in the Universe is the unique and most important characteristic of the evolution of the Universe. All other characteristics of the evolution of the Universe are functions of this argument.

Explanation 4. Only matter of the EUM type is taken into account in the material balance of the Universe. Matter of the MVD type is not taken into account in the material balance of the Universe.

Explanation 5. Matter of the EUM type moves away from the Singularity. And matter of the MVD type moves toward the Singularity.

Explanation 6. Matter of the MVD type is the limiting result of matter of the EUM type. After the completion of the evolution of the Universe, all matter of the EUM type is transformed into matter of the MVD type.

Explanation 7. A quantum of matter (EUM) is the smallest quantitative unit of material substance. A quantum of matter is in a state of constant pulsation. The pulsation of a quantum of matter is the internal movement of matter. The pulsation of a quantum of matter is a strictly periodic, rhythmic process.

Explanation 8. A quantum of matter (as the minimum amount of “pure” matter of nature, EUM) gives rise to a material body, which is also called “quantum of matter”. There should be no confusion with the double meaning of the term “quantum of matter”. Matter (EUM, quantum of matter) primary, and a material particle, a material body, a “quantum of matter” is secondary. There's a good analogy here: “The brick is primary, and the brick building is secondary”.

Explanation 9. Conventionally (for the sake of clarity), we can imagine a quantum of matter as a material sphere that periodically contracts and then expands. In this process, finite lower and upper limits of pulsation are reached. Moreover, the lower limit of the quantum's pulsation is not a point or zero limit. It is a well-defined finite limit.

Explanation 10. I consider and call the lower limit of the pulsation of a quantum of matter a grain of matter. This state of a quantum of matter is a “grain of matter”. All grains of matter have the same diameter. The existence of a quantum of matter in the state of “grain of matter” has the same temporal duration for all quanta of matter.

Explanation 11. I consider and call the upper limit of a matter quantum's pulsation an elementary particle (EP). This state of a matter quantum is an “elementary particle”. Different types of elementary particles (proton, neutron, electron, etc.) have different diameter lengths. It is the diameter length of a matter quantum at its upper limit of pulsation that uniquely determines the type of elementary particle (proton, neutron, electron, etc.). It is entirely natural and understandable that a matter quantum's stay in the “elementary particle” state has different durations for different types of elementary particles. The larger the diameter of a quantum of matter at its upper limit of pulsation (the “elementary particle” state), the shorter the time the quantum of matter remains in this state.

Explanation 12. Mathematically, the process of pulsation of a quantum of matter can be represented as a sinusoid. It is clear that the x-axis of this sinusoid is time. The x-axis is the time axis of nature. Time is plotted on the x-axis.
On the ordinate axis, the length of the diameter of a quantum of matter at the corresponding moment in time will be plotted.
It is clear that the graph of this sinusoid will be raised above the abscissa axis by a distance equal to the length of the diameter of a grain of matter.

Note 13. This is a very important note. I believe that the abscissas of the vertices of this sinusoid are fixed moments in time in nature (FMTN or FMT). This is an important, crucial concept in the conceptual framework of my “Theory of Nature”.

Note 14. For my part, I believe that this sinusoid should be a sinusoid with truncated “peaks” (“vertices”) and “troughs”. This will guarantee that the actual, real presence of a quantum of matter within its lower and upper pulsation limits will not be instantaneous (point-like, zero), but will occur within certain finite boundaries of a finite, but non-zero, time interval.
The abscissas of the midpoints of the line segments that form the truncated “vertices” of the sinusoid will also be the abscissas of the “vertices” of the original, primary (before the truncation process) sinusoid. These same abscissas will be the fixed moments in time (FMTN).

Remark 15. Within the framework of my “Theory of Nature” I assume (this is my scientific hypothesis) that the length of the segment between two adjacent FMTNs on the time axis (abscissa axis) is the minimum time duration in nature, and this is the quantum of time (EUT).

The abscissas of the midpoints of the line segments that form the truncated “troughs” of the sinusoid will be the abscissas of the “troughs” of the original, primary (before the truncation process) sinusoid. These abscissas will be the abscissas of the points on the abscissa axis that are the midpoints of adjacent fixed moments of time (FMTN). The duration of the time interval, limited by the midpoints of two adjacent quanta time (EUT), will also be equal to one quantum of time (EUT).

Note 16. The projection of the segment that forms the cut-off “peak” of the sinusoid onto the abscissa axis (time axis) determines the time interval of the actual existence of the elementary particle (EP).
The projections of all the segments forming the truncated “vertices” of the sinusoid onto the x-axis (time axis) form a sequence of time intervals of the actual existence of an elementary particle. Each such time interval of existence will be separated (from the previous or next time interval of existence) by time interval of non-existence of the elementary particle.

That is, in fact and in reality, the process of existence of an elementary particle (EP) will not be a continuous process of existence in time. It will be a discontinuous process in which time intervals of (EP) existence EP and time intervals of (EP) non-existence EP alternate strictly periodically.

This goes against the modern scientific and physical concept of the existence of elementary particles as a continuous process in time.

Note 17. Explanations, clarifications and comments similar to those just given in relation to the lifetime of elementary particles (EPs) also apply in relation to the grain of matter.

Note 18. Important note: A quantum of matter exists continuously in time. Against the backdrop of this continuous existence, there are two types of sequences:

1) a sequence of periodically alternating intervals of existence and non-existence of elementary particles according to their types (proton, neutron, electron, etc.). For each type of elementary particle, this will be its own separate sequence. The center of each interval of existence of an elementary particle will be its own fixed moment in time (FMTN).

2) a sequence of periodically alternating intervals of existence and non-existence of grains of matter. This applies to all grains of matter and will constitute a single, unified sequence. The center of each interval of existence of a grain of matter will be the midpoint between two fixed moments in time (FMTN).

Note 19. The existence (and non-existence) of an elementary particle (EP) and/or a grain of matter occurs (is realized) against the background of the continuous existence (pulsating in the rhythm and tempo of nature) of a quantum of matter (EUM).
This type of existence (for both an elementary particle and a grain of matter) is a kind of discrete time of existence. The discrete unit of existence in the case under consideration is the time interval of existence of either an elementary particle or a grain of matter. The time intervals of existence of elementary particles (EPs) on the one hand and of a grain of matter on the other are in anti-phase.

Remark 20. It is clear that the time intervals of existence (both for an elementary particle and for a grain of matter) are less than the quantum of time (EUT).

Remark 21. It is also clear that the larger the elementary particle, the larger the diameter of the elementary particle, the shorter its own time interval of existence.

Note 22. I believe that vacuum is emptiness and material vacuum dust (MVD). The pair < emptiness, MVD > forms a vacuum.

Explanation 23. Here is a diagram of the circular motion of matter in nature.
… MVD ==> S ==> EUM ==> U ==> MVD ….
In this diagram, S stands for Singularity, U stands for Universe.
This is a schematic representation of the fundamental law of nature (FLN), the law of the circulation of matter in nature.

Explanation 24. Here is a diagram of the algorithm for the evolution of the Universe:
… {MVD ==> S ==> EUM ==> U} |UCN² ==> MVD ….
The character sequence “UCN^2” means that the preceding construct, enclosed in curly brackets, is repeated in the loop UCN² times.
The same diagram of the algorithm of the evolution of the Universe can be presented in the following equivalent form:
… {{MVD ==> S ==> EUM ==> U} |UCN} |UCN ==> MVD …,
where the pair of symbols “|UCN” means that the preceding construction, enclosed in curly brackets, is repeated in the cycle UCN times.

Explanation 25. Below is a diagram of the algorithm of nature, including the algorithm of the evolution of the Universe:
… {{{MVD ==> S ==> EUM ==> U} |UCN} |UCN ==> MVD} |∞ ….
In this diagram, the pair of symbols “|∞” means that the preceding construct, enclosed in curly braces, is constantly repeated in a loop (or will be repeated in a loop infinitely).

The ellipses at the beginning and end of this diagram mean that nature has no beginning and will never have an end.
Nature has no origin. Nature is causeless. Nature exists absolutely. Nature exists by itself (self-exists), obeying only its own laws, its own logic, and its own evolutionary algorithm. The identity of these concepts has already been established above:
“law of nature” = “logic of nature” = “algorithm of the evolution of nature”.

According to the above diagram, the evolution of nature is a sequence of evolutions of universes . Immediately after the completion of the evolution of one universe, the evolution of another begins. These universes are not connected in any way. No information is transmitted from the universe that has completed its evolution to the universe beginning its evolution, and it is not preserved anywhere in nature. The evolution of each universe begins with a “clean slate”. After the completion of the evolution of a universe, nothing remains but material vacuum dust (MVD). Nature does not keep its own genealogy, does not keep diaries, does not keep its own chronicle. Nature has no archives. Nature has no annals of history. The evolution of each universe begins with a “clean slate”.

After this thorough preliminary preparation, we can talk about the time of nature. Here, two approaches are worth considering. The first approach is related to the view of the quantum of matter and its pulsation. The second approach is related to the view of the Singularity and its functioning (pulsation).

A quantum of matter (EUM) pulsating in the rhythm and tempo of nature.

As established within the framework of the “Theory of Nature”, the quantum of matter (EUM) is in a process of constant internal pulsation. The pulsation of the quantum of matter is a strictly periodic, harmonic (sinusoidal, with truncated “peaks” and “troughs”) natural process. The unique constant of nature UCN = 1.210 256 * 10 ^ {44} determines the frequency of this process. This frequency is related to the natural unit of time of nature (NUT). Moreover,
EUT=NUT/UCN, NUT=UCN*EUT.

A quantum of matter pulsates with a frequency of UCN per one natural Unit of Time (NUT). The unique natural constant UCN plays many roles, including that of natural frequency. The rhythm and tempo of nature are organically linked to this natural frequency. The quanta of matter pulsate at this frequency. The Singularity functions (pulsates) at this frequency. All quanta of matter and the Singularity pulsate strictly synchronously with this frequency.
It's perfectly clear that frequency and time are mutually inverse concepts and quantities. Their relationship can be conceptualized as follows:
time = 1/frequency, frequency = 1/time.

In these equations, 1 refers to the unit of natural time, the natural unit of time (NUT). Within the framework of TN, the relationship between the second (1 s) and the NUT is established:
1 NUT = α s, 1 s=α^{-1} NUT,

where α is a physical quantity, the fine structure constant.

Time (temporal duration) and frequency are rigidly related to each other.
Considering the pulsation of a quantum of matter (EUM) and isolating one cycle (tact) of this pulsation, we conclude that the duration of one pulsation cycle is equal to one quantum of time (EUT). And the measure of this time (EUT, quantum of time) can only be a quantum of matter (EUM). Time is measured by matter. Time is measured exclusively and only by matter. Matter is the universal measure of time. And nothing else but matter (quantum of matter) is present here. Matter is also the measure of everything and everyone in nature. Nature is fundamentally simple. This principle of nature manifests itself remarkably here.

On this basis, we must conclude that time and matter are identical:
time=matter, EUT=EUM.

But in making this conclusion about the identity of time and matter, we must be clearly aware that time and matter are still two essentially different entities of nature, although closely, organically, inseparably connected to each other .
The matter of nature, in the form of a quantum of matter, is in constant motion (internal pulsation, external displacement). Motion is an attribute (the most important property) of matter. And time is the form of existence of matter in motion. And at every fixed moment of time in nature (FMTN), there is a result of this motion.
One cycle of pulsation of a quantum of matter (EUM) does not occur instantly, it occurs in a time equal to one quantum of time (EUT).

Essentially, one cycle of the pulsation of a quantum of matter (EUM) represents a quantum of elementary action. And the result of this action is recorded at fixed moments in time (FMTN).

It’s important to understand that at fixed moments in time in the process of pulsation of a quantum of matter, we have (this is how nature works!), as an accomplished fact, the result of the execution of an elementary quantum of action, which consists of the execution of one beat, a cycle of pulsation of a quantum of matter (EUM).

It is perfectly clear that at fixed moments in time (FMTN), there are instantaneous fixed states of the pulsating quantum of matter (EUM).

This is equivalent to us (or nature itself) recording a video (a thought experiment) of a pulsating quantum of matter at a frequency of UCN frames per natural unit of time (NUT). Then the frames of this video (thought experiment) would show (reflect) instantaneous fixed states of the pulsating quantum of matter (EUM) at fixed moments in time (FMT). And viewing this virtual video would evoke a sensation of the continuous pulsation of the quantum of matter.

Yes, the quantum of matter (EUM) continuously exists in time.
Yes, the quantum of matter continuously pulsates.
Yes, the process of pulsation of a quantum of matter is continuous.
But in our virtual video recording, we will have a discrete sequence of frames. And that's exactly how nature works. The process itself (the continuous flow of the process) of each cycle of the quantum of matter's pulsation is hidden from us by nature, but the results of this process at fixed moments in time (FMT) are accessible to us, placed at our disposal.

More precisely, it should be said that nature itself, at fixed moments in time, displays the results of quanta of elementary actions. In our case, this will be a sequence of frames (snapshots) of instantaneous fixed states of a pulsating quantum of matter (EUM). At fixed moments in time (FMT), the quantum of matter (EUM) is in the state of an “elementary particle”. That is, it will actually be a sequence of states of an elementary particle. Adjacent members of this sequence will be separated from each other in time by one quantum of time (EUT).

This is why we speak of existence in time. This is why we say that motion (pulsation) is the most important property (attribute) of matter, of a quantum of matter (EUM). Time is the form of existence of a quantum of matter and/or an elementary particle. And this form of existence actually manifests itself in the form of frames (snapshots) of instantaneous fixed states of a pulsating quantum of matter (EUM) at fixed moments in time (FMT).

For example, a similar situation occurs with our regular video. A continuous process is recorded at a rate of 24 frames per second. The video is a sequence of frames at fixed moments in time. But here, these fixed moments in time are determined by the video camera itself. When viewing a video, we see not individual frames, but a continuous process. This is a property of our consciousness. Only in this case, we artificially set fixed moments in time using video equipment. In nature, fixed moments in time (FMT) are determined by nature itself.

In addition to the internal pulsation of matter, a quantum of matter (as a material body) constantly and unrelentingly moves externally. In one quantum of time (EUT), a quantum of matter (EUM) moves one quantum of length (EUL). This displacement occurs at the maximum velocity in nature (MVN). In this case, the quantum of elementary action will result in the displacement of a quantum of matter (EUM) by a quantum of length (EUL) in a time equal to the quantum of time (EUT), from its original location.

Singularity pulsating in the rhythm and tempo of nature.

The Singularity is a unique, special mechanism of nature. It's entirely possible that the Singularity is a special realm of nature. It's entirely possible that the Singularity is a natural material oscillator operating at the UCN frequency. This is its operating frequency. This frequency is the natural frequency. Nature and the Universe operate at this frequency. The quanta of matter pulsate at this frequency. I previously spoke of the rhythm and tempo of nature. Now this concept receives its concrete explanation in the frequency of nature and the Universe, in the pulsation (operating) frequency of the Singularity.

Both the Singularity and all quanta of matter pulsate synchronously in the same rhythm and tempo of nature. Such is nature.

The functioning of the Singularity is a strictly periodic, harmonic process. During each pulse cycle, the Singularity emits UCN quanta of matter (EUM) into the surrounding vacuum. They are emitted in different directions. These are UCN directions. Each emitted quantum of matter (EUM) receives an equal impulse from the Singularity. Thanks to this impulse, the quantum of matter begins to move by inertia, rectilinearly and uniformly at a certain speed (the velocity of radiation), away from the Singularity. Here it is, in the end, the root cause of the inertial motion of quanta of matter and elementary particles and material bodies.

Еhe author of the “Theory of Nature” and this article remains unclear as to how and at what point in time a quantum of matter “transforms” into a specific elementary particle. This problem awaits a solution. This problem is waiting for its solution and its researchers.

In the situation with the Singularity, there is a simultaneous, instantaneous, synchronous UCN of quanta of action in relation to the UCN of quanta of matter (EUM) upon their emission by the Singularity.

We can also speak of a generalized quantum of action inherent to the Singularity itself. This generalized quantum of action of the Singularity is characterized by a set of UCN elementary quanta of action in relation to each individual quantum of matter (EUM). As a result of the generalized quantum of action of the Singularity, UCN quanta of matter (EUM) will shift from the Singularity by a distance equal to one quantum of length (EUL) during one quantum of time (EUT). The emission velocity of a quantum of matter (EUM) from the Singularity will be the maximum velocity of nature (MVN). At each fixed moment of time (FMT), at a distance of one quantum of length (EUL) from the Singularity, there will be UCN of emitted quanta matter (EUM). All of this will be a fixed state in nature, in the Universe, in the immediate vicinity of the Singularity.

Everything written above about quanta of matter (EUMs) directly manifests itself in the situation with the Singularity. Nothing fundamentally new appears here. Matter is a universal measure of time here, too.
Perhaps it's time to put an end to this.

Sincerely
Robert Yusupov from Vladivostok, author of the “Theory of Nature”, independent researcher, dialectical materialist, Marxist, communist.

References

Nature as an Objective Reality https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSNAA,
Philosophy and Physics https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSPAP,
Theory of Nature (in Russian) https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSTON,
Announcement of the Scientific Revolution https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSAOT,
The Third Side of the Main Question of Philosophy (MQP) https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSTTS,
About the Quantum of Matter for Philosophers https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSPAT-2,
My View on K. Popper's Criterion https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSOLA.
Articles on TN on the website proza.ru [Electronic resource] URL: // http://proza.ru/avtor/yusrob,
Articles on TN on the website vixra.org [Electronic resource] URL: // https://vixra.org/author/yusrob,
Articles on TN on the website philpapers.org [Electronic resource] URL: // https://philpeople.org/profiles/robert-yusupov,
The Universe as a Function of One Variable (in Russian) https://proza.ru/2023/12/25/1093,
Once Again about Nature and its Material Principles
https://philpapers.org/rec/YUSOAA.

menyan

Not sure if this is still valid, i'm not highly educated, and this assumption is only based on my experience.

My answer for the nature of time:
I think time itself is an illusion of our existence, a byproduct of our awareness. Because we observe states changed, shifts, and other temporal phenomenon we perceive. Without active observation, time does not exist. Let's take simple animal for example: it feel the basic needs (food, mate, shelter), there's no time for this animal, its only cues are hunger, opposite sex, and nest/den as shelter/safe place.

Thus in simplest sentence: time is consequence, not an independent object we can actually work with. We can predict, but what has already passed, we can't interact with anymore.

Edit:
Another example would be speed. we measure time in speed because we put/know 2 different state, compare them, then express it as speed; distance from point a to b, and the time scale we use (which relates to earth's rotation). and if we speak on cosmic scale, there's light speed, which again self-limitedly downgrade time as its correlation to earth's rotation. there's still no exact measurement of time other from observing other fixed variable (atom vibration, earth rotation, how many times i blink a day, etc)

RoseWren

menyan A very interesting point. Time is not a matter of ontology; it's an epistemological category that has its source in reality.

menyan

sorry, too many fancy language that i fail to interpret seamlessly there. In shorter term, i think time is a derivative tool of observation. an abstract object we create to make sense of something in between states. We don't/can't measure time, we use time to measure things.

RoseWren

menyan You write very concisely and to the point. I find it very interesting. Do you have a more detailed text — an article or some other publication?

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