Humans are trapped in the condition of being in two dimensions in time

submitted by dontbuyanylogos from self.wildideas

We are used to the idea of three dimensions in space, where one dimension is a single point, two dimensions are two points and three dimensions are three points. However, we are only used to two dimensions in time, where one dimension is a single moment in time and two dimensions are two moments in time.

Two dimensions in time create a sequence of events in a timeline (x → y). Three dimensions in time is when another possible moment in time is placed on the timeline, where event x (one dimension) leads to event y (two dimensions) and could have led to event z (three dimensions) but didn't.

Humans are trapped by the nature of their being in two dimensions in time. All human activity and struggling is a condition of trying to reach a future and settle a story of one's life or the life of a society. However, this eternal struggling is pointless in the face of the reality that, just like space, time can be traversed in three dimensions.

If possible past, present and future moments are reachable then there is no such thing as victory, achievement or success.

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[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I agree with this idea, I've had the idea of multiple dimensions of time too. That would mean the universe could be a static 5D or 6D block, and we navigate through it by which direction of time we go down. And perhaps we change the direction of our time vector by making decisions.

And if you think about it, E = mc2. This means that a mass at rest (aka only moving through time) has an energy equal to the mass times the speed of light squared. To me, this implies that rest masses are actually moving at the speed of light in two different dimensions simultaneously perhaps, hence the squared. This implies two dimensions of time rather than just one.

Definitely interesting to think about, but not sure how it could be proven experimentally...

[–]dontbuyanylogos[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

interesting thoughts thanks

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No worries. For posterity, here's the full equation that ties mass to energy (and velocity). https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8b5f9843c419229d0e3ac5075c1463d4851cd5cd

You can see increases in mass causes energy to go up with a multiple of c2, whereas increases in momentum (symbol p, which equals mass * velocity) only goes up by times c. I do believe this strongly implies two dimensions of time both traveling at the speed of light for rest masses.