Abstract

Time, space, energy and mass form the four-fold conceptual basis for gauging physical reality. The following paper, as a follow-up to a previous exposition which focused on the necessity to change the current paradigm for time, continues in this same vein, but will also consider in greater depth the interrelations of this phenomenon with the other three yardsticks cited above. Again, information garnered from a wide variety of sources will be considered. We hope to provide, through just such a unique eclectic format, the beginnings of a possible fresh understanding of the workings of nature and perhaps ultimately furnish a conceptual basis for extending the structure of current physical theory to compatibly encompass the elements of a unified framework of physics and metaphysics.

In the former article cited above, by investigating the following varied sources and research, we came to the inescapable conclusion that the phenomena of time and space are considerably more intimately related than is currently suspected by modern science, and will require a drastic re-working to fit the conclusions of the various evidence cited. Towards this end, the adoption of a more expansive paradigm for these yardsticks was suggested, which incorporates a fluid-field nature for time and space where both are derivatives of the fundamental ground-form of energy in flux or oscillation. These new approaches involve the inclusion of a Kozyrev-type of ?substantial?(active) time-flow as opposed to the conventional ?relational?(passive) concept of time, where it is used as a static parameter signifying duration. The substantial aspect of time pre-supposes that it is an essence which can and does affect physical processes, and that those same physical systems can cause a reverse action on time [8]. Such active fluctuating (deformable) types of time or space, implies the establishment of a revolutionary notion: positing completely non-scalable metrics for both time and space. This is in direct contrast to all contemporary orthodox models for physical reality, either in Einsteinean relativity (Special or General theory), quantum field theory, or even superstring/supersymmetric theory, all of which continue to consider both of these yardsticks from their relational (length or durational) standpoints. Consequently, all these formalisms require scalable metrics of some sort for their proper description For instance, in the standard equations of quantum theory, time is regarded merely as an unchangeable static parameter. When we later consider applying these novel substantial aspects of time to the edifice of quantum theory, we will see that time must then become a ?hidden variable?. It will be seen that by considering time in this manner, a clearer and more tractable explanation of the inevitable probabilistic aspects of quantum theory, evidenced in the signature Uncertainty Principle, complementarity and non-locality will arise, without having to invoke the counter-productive and ill-conceived Copenhagen Interpretation.