Show HN: Time as the 4th Dimension – What if it emerges from rotational motion?
Posted by lisajguo 22 hours ago
I've been developing a framework since 2022 that proposes time is not a static geometric axis (as in Einstein's relativity) but emerges dynamically from the rotational and orbital motion of 3D space.
The core idea: each dimension emerges from the previous one by arranging infinite instances perpendicularly. A static 3D space can't do this to itself — but a rotating one can. That perpetual self-perpendicularity is time.
From this we can derive the Lorentz factor, E=mc², and the Schwarzschild radius, and propose a testable prediction: intrinsic rotation should contribute independently to time dilation, measurable with atomic clocks.
Essay (accessible): https://lisajguo.substack.com/p/time-as-the-fourth-dimension... Paper (Zenodo): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18910834
Comments
Comment by Leftium 15 hours ago
- Everything is moving through space-time at c: c is not a limit; it's just the speed everything moves
- Things that don't appear to be moving in the physical dimensions have most or all of c spent in the time dimension
- Things that move very fast in the physical dimensions have little or none of c spent in the time dimension
- I think this is similar to your section explaining time dilation, but doesn't require rotation: https://lisajguo.substack.com/i/190415584/time-dilation
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Other questions:
- Does this theory explain why we seem to only be able to travel through time in one direction? Why does the angle/direction of rotation (not) matter?