For centuries, physicists have debated the nature of time: Is it a linear flow, the fourth dimension, or an illusion? Perhaps, however, the misunderstanding does not lie in the formulas, but in our perspective. If spacetime is not a substance but a projection, then time is no longer what we thought it was.
Time as the Rhythm of Reality
General relativity depicts the world as a smooth, continuous spacetime fabric in which gravity causes the curvature of geometry. Quantum mechanics, on the other hand, operates in a reality of probabilities, superpositions, and discrete jumps. They are two theories that are experimentally unshakable in their respective domains – and yet incompatible once one attempts to bring them together.
Limits of Projection
The rhythm has a lower and an upper limit. If the projection ceases, the world stands still and time disappears. When the maximum frequency is reached, space hits the boundary of its elasticity. This boundary is the speed of light. It is therefore not just a number, but the expression of space’s maximum responsiveness.
Black Holes as Overload
In this model, a black hole is not a singularity but a place of overloaded projection. At this point, so much information has to be processed that the rhythm nearly comes to a standstill. For outside observers, it appears as if time were frozen. In reality, it only shows that the projection has locally reached its limits.
Time as Projection, Gravity as Trace
If time and frequency of projection are identical, then gravity and spacetime are not fundamental forces. They are rather traces of the transition from possibility to actuality, imprints of solidification. Relativity and quantum mechanics thus do not appear as opposites, but as different stages of the same process. Time is the connecting measure that holds them together.
A New Perspective on the Boundaries
In this light, many riddles lose their strangeness. The speed of light represents the highest frequency at which reality can be renewed. Black holes show what happens when projection falters due to overload. Gravity becomes a signature, not a cause. Time proves to be the heartbeat of reality: steady, limited, and yet all-encompassing.
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