New theory proposes time has three dimensions, with space as a secondary effect

phys.org ^ | June 21, 2025 | phys.org

[BenLurkin]

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."

Those thoughts are a marked difference from generally accepted physics, which holds that a single dimension of time plus the three dimensions of space constitute reality. This is known as spacetime, the concept developed more than a century ago that views time and space as one entity.

Kletetschka's mathematical formula of six total dimensions—of time and space combined—could bring scientists closer to finding the single unifying explanation of the universe.

[cgbg]

The 100 monkeys example I gave should have removed any confusion.

It tests a proposed philosophical paradigm.

It does not question whether the scientific method is valid—in fact the way to do the test is to use the scientific method.

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We better hope the Chinese and the Iranians aren’t already playing six dimensional chess.

[MikelTackNailer]

I once saw the future...something that happened 3 weeks later exactly as I had seen.

I've had similar experiences, finding events unfolding exactly as a previous dream depicted weeks or months before. There has to be some sort of Moebus Strip-type setup where seemingly linear time actually has circumstances where points touch upon others, past and future.

Which may relate to how UFOs seemingly defy known limitations of physics while appearing out of nowhere and disappearing the same way.

I suspect there may be a galactic society and we're just the backward monkeys they stop by to laugh at for amusement.

Now pardon me while I change out the aluminum foil lining my hat.