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New theory proposes time has three dimensions, with space as a secondary effect (phys.org)
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Time, not space plus time, might be the single fundamental property in which all physical phenomena occur, according to a new theory by a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist.

The theory also argues that time comes in three dimensions rather than just the single one we experience as continual forward progression. Space emerges as a secondary manifestation.

"These three time dimensions are the primary fabric of everything, like the canvas of a painting," said associate research professor Gunther Kletetschka at the UAF Geophysical Institute. "Space still exists with its three dimensions, but it's more like the paint on the canvas rather than the canvas itself."

Link to Paper:

https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/epdf/10.1142/S2424942425500045

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"New theory proposes time has three dimensions, with space as a secondary effect" -- now you get three detentions for being late to high school science class (phys.org)
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New theory proposes time has three dimensions, with space as a secondary effect (phys.org)
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Kletetschka said his theory overcomes some of the problems with earlier three-dimensional time theories that are based on traditional physics.

Those earlier theories, for example, describe multiple time dimensions in which cause-and-effect relationships are potentially ambiguous. Kletetschka's theory ensures that causes still precede effects, even with multiple time dimensions, just in a more complex mathematical structure.

In three-dimensional time, the second and third dimensions are thought by some researchers, notably theoretical physicist Itzhak Bars of the University of Southern California, to become apparent, or unfold, at levels of extreme energy such as during the early universe or in high-energy particle interactions..

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His framework accurately reproduces the known masses of particles such as electrons, muons and quarks and also explains why these particles have these masses.