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Time is a dimension, but not like space

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171 points belter | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 15:29 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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axilmar ◴[21 Oct 24 08:49 UTC] No.41902014[source]▶
Of course the math check out, they are correct, but in my opinion, time is not a dimension, it's the 'refresh rate' of matter.

To me, there are only 3 dimensions, that of space.

That does not mean the relativity math is useless. On the contrary, what they describe is real and we can experimentally verify it.

But that does not mean we can 'move' into time, as we 'move' into space. That's why time is not a dimension.

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1. Etherlord87 ◴[21 Oct 24 10:32 UTC] No.41902649[source]▶
"refresh rate" implies discrete steps, whereas not only we haven't discovered such (planck time is not it), but also we have no idea how a transition between different refresh rate would look like...