What the Hell Is Time?

Many philosophers have argued the existence, non-existence, validity, or absurdity of time. But what the hell is it?

Some philosophers have argued time is a creation of the human mind. If this were true, everything is imagination. Playing fetch with a dog must mean the dog is imaginary as it must also believe in the continuity of the arc of travel for the thrown baseball/Frisbee/dog treat in order to catch it in its mouth.

Some have argued that it is absurd and inconsistent. Yes. Yes, it is. It is fractal in nature which is against the human belief that everything must be whole numbers. Humans live in a particular node of perception that biases minds to counting by whole numbers to be the predominant thing. And yet, study of infinities reveals irrational numbers are larger that the infinity of whole numbers (you can always add 1). A fractally defined space can operate within whole dimensions or fractal dimensions. The 2 dimensional Serpinski triangle or (the cube one), show the overall object can be perceived in whole dimensions, but can be only comprehended in fractal time.

What is so great about physical dimensions? Lines, planes, spheres, and angles can all be warped. Three 90 degree angles can make a triangle on or in a sphere, a line viewed from the top can make a circle when viewed orthogonally.

But the fundamental question is: If there was no time, what could exist? The philosophers have failed to ask this question. Light (and the entire EM spectrum) could not exist. No action could possibly happen. How can three physical dimensions exist with energy when nothing could record its existence?

QM gives insight into the reality of time and its fractal nature. In QM, there is no physical matter. Everything is energy, or the probability of energy existing. When time collapses into the sidereal universe, the energy’s waveform is defined.

Fractals are an infinite, self-replicating vortex, as is the repetitive nature of human behavior. Combine the two and, on the face of it, it makes too much sense that it is as Borges said, “The vociferous catastrophes of a general order — fires, wars, epidemics — are one single pain, illusorily multiplied in many mirrors.” Or in succinct terms, “Same shit – different day.” And yet, the fractal time topography says you are in a completely new location that has self-similarity to other time locations. Or, as another wordsmith put it:

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.

-Shakespeare, “As you like it”