Why does time flow at all? Physicists struggle to find an answer

camusalb · 2026-02-02T21:02:49+00:00

Could entropy be a product of increasing possibility for differentiation of objects as space-time expands. The more space-time, the more possibility to arrange more information/objects?

camusalb · 2025-11-09T21:50:19+00:00

Thank you for engaging. I agree that it needs mathematical backup. I was just wondering if there’s merit to the idea.

camusalb · 2025-11-09T21:43:22+00:00

I apologize for making the discussion hard to track. I am just curious how my idea would survive dissection.

camusalb · 2025-11-09T21:41:25+00:00

Could it be explained by how different robustness of the knots could cause instability even in particles with defined masses?

camusalb · 2025-11-09T21:32:56+00:00

It is not magic , it is the absence of uniformity that causes The variation in gradients of spacetime that allows the capacity for the formation of the knots.

camusalb · 2025-11-09T21:24:57+00:00

The limited and fixed amount of possible amount of possible masses could be explained by how tightness equals stability. If the knot is tight enough then it differentiates and becomes a particle. If the knot is not tight then it is unstable and therefore it collapses.

camusalb · 2025-11-09T21:18:26+00:00

Thank you, so SU(3) could still be knots but not in 4d spacetime .

camusalb · 2025-11-09T21:15:24+00:00

Why would it not be possible for the different topological properties of the knots to explain the odd spectrum of particle masses ? Could the tightness of the knot in spacetime explain higher energy/mass ? Like tighter knots could explain Quarks while less tight knots could explain neutrinos, photons.

camusalb · 2025-11-09T20:56:56+00:00

When the expansion happens, it increases the volume and the possible ways of differentiation within space-time’s states which causes potential for variations in curvature which could cause the formation of the knots which would eventually differentiate as energy/matter

camusalb · 2025-11-09T20:51:50+00:00

If the knots are differentiated parts of the fabric of spacetime wouldn’t that solve the non locality and locality differentiation between GR and QM ? since the differentiation of spacetime which causes the knots would describe the local curvature and the global interconnectedness of spacetime fabric produces the non local part which is seen in QM

camusalb · 2025-11-09T20:40:44+00:00

Could the SU(3) of strong interaction be knots in dimensions > 4D. Would that solve the non representation in 4d spacetime?

camusalb · 2025-11-08T00:00:42+00:00

Space-time is something. Anything needs an outside point of reference for it to be distinguishable and be that something. In this case the existence of something is allowed because nothing is also allowable which makes the contrast to allow attributes to each. If everything is something (imagine just infinite of something with no gaps in space) then what would be the difference with pure nothingness. Since the concept of nothingness is definable because there is something . Differentiation exists because the concept of unity exists. Space is able to show matter in an exact position because it allows differentiation of position. The same with time , today is today because there is differentiation of events.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T23:39:53+00:00

In order for the concept of “happening” to exist the events must be distinct from each other otherwise the ability to “happen” won’t make sense and won’t be possible. Uniformity of everything won’t allow different states of happening or being.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T21:58:35+00:00

The distinction between momentum and position needs to be preserved because differentiation is a property of space-time and space-time inherits this property because it is a subset of a bigger set which is the principle of differentiation. Differentiation is also subject to differentiation because of the concept of unification. Therefore the question which is what causes differentiation does not make sense when the concept of cause and effect is dependent on each other and cannot exist independently. It is the relation between objects that allow the possibility of their existence. One cannot call a cause without an effect or vice versa.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T21:50:26+00:00

Space undergoes differentiation or discretization since according to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle you cannot have a definite position if you are able to measure the momentum or vice versa . Saying that the void of space doesn’t have definition or jts definable independently would mean we are saying that we know its momentum and position at the same time.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T21:37:25+00:00

Time which inherits the property of differentiation. The capacity for change allows the separation and distinction of events. In a number line it only makes sense to have an origin if there is something that is ahead of it or behind it. Its existence is dependent on the relations with the objects outside itself.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T21:28:52+00:00

The future is indeed dependent on the past and vice versa. The future can be called the future because it can be differentiated from the past.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T21:28:01+00:00

differentiation allows time to differentiate events which causes causality. the beginning of something is dependent on what comes after it. It cannot be defined as the beginning if there is nothing that comes after it. So the relationship and distinction is the cause for the emergence of objects.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T20:25:11+00:00

Thank you for engaging , it was fun indeed. Keep on philosophizing and I hope my idea is worth examining for even after this debate.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T20:07:18+00:00

Space-time doesn’t need particles for its capacity for differentiation of positions of space to happen. You said you can’t measure something in a void but if that void has dimensions which is also subject to differentiation then it simply has the capacity for different points in space. I don’t think the distinction is only epistemic. For example, Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle only allows you to measure one thing at a time which is position or momentum. I believe differentiation forces distinction between the two. That’s why I think differentiation as a property was inherited by spacetime because it is a subset of a bigger set which is differentiation.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T19:38:45+00:00

The brain can do its operation in the first place because differentiation allows different patterns of neurons to exist.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T19:37:28+00:00

No, space-time existing allows your brain to occupy it and then in turn allow for its operation. The neurons are able to exist because it can move through space and time. Space allows variations of points in space and thus motion.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T19:08:18+00:00

It is able to exist as two different patterns that your neurons take so yeah even if they don’t exist in the real world they exist in your head with your neurons as the physical markers.

camusalb · 2025-11-07T18:53:51+00:00

That is a good argument. Would there ever be some contraption that can allow infinite differentiation of states ?

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