The layers of time
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: We present a unified geometry of time derived from the Metaphysic of the Intelligible. Time is not a single dimension but a cascade of projections from the ground to the contingent world. Four layers are identified: Super Lagrangian timelessness, cosmic time (entropy, projection at c), inertial- relativity time (embedness in the Higgs field), and psychological time (recursive tensorial narration of identity). Each layer is a projection of the one beneath it, and each carries the signature of the source. From this model, we derive a hard boundary: cosmic time cannot be cheated. Local manipulations of inertial or psychological time are possible, but the projection of the ground at c is invariant. Warp drives, time travel, and alien encounters are structurally impossible—not because of technological limitations, but because of the geometry of the intelligible.
Authors: Theriault, Eric, DeepSeek A.I.
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204970118
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