Is time really a 1-dimensional object that we traverse || is it possible that time can also be traversed horizontally. I think the later would also put it on a 2 dimensional plane.
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1Possible duplicate of What is time, does it flow, and if so what defines its direction? – John Rennie Jun 14 '18 at 16:05
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i don't think so. This is specific to the dimension and (flow as a minor secondary) of time not the flow. – Tim Lieberman Jun 14 '18 at 16:07
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Possible duplicate of More than one time dimension – Kyle Kanos Jun 14 '18 at 16:12
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See also https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/43322/25301 – Kyle Kanos Jun 14 '18 at 16:12
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What do you mean by "object?" This "object" would have to be present in every place where physical processes happen, right? In other words, this time object would have to fill all of space. How is that effectively different from conventional ideas of spacetime? – Solomon Slow Jun 14 '18 at 16:42
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@jameslarge exactly right. – Tim Lieberman Jun 17 '18 at 20:48
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Time is one of the four dimensions of spacetime; you are traversing time at the rate of one second per second even while you are standing still.
Under Special Relativity you can travel back and forth at will in the three spatial dimensions (such back and forth across a room, or up and down the stairs), but you are forever stuck going forward in time at a constant rate, the rate of time progression as given by your own wristwatch.
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