Time (Science/Philosophy)

I have recently researched into time and consciousness in more detail see "Research into Time and consciousness"

I do understand that these ideas are probably not true; however they are ideas that I feel I should write down otherwise i shall forget or lose my thoughts/ideas.

When we talk about our universe we always talk about it as 4 dimensional; with 3 dimensions of Space and 1 of Time.

But I have a problem with the term “time”;

You can measure the 3 dimensions of Space in a Singularity of time; for example when time is not changing a 30cm ruler will continue being 30cm.

However to measure time we need the other dimensions.

Think about it; a stopwatch relies on movement. Any way of measuring time relies on the other 3 dimensions.

This has led me to believe whether time is only really relevant when the other 3 dimensions are changing.

For example; if I was walking down the road and every single particle (including energy-mass and just everything) stopped moving and then started moving again how would we know any difference?

We wouldn’t is the answer.

This made me think that perhaps it has happened; perhaps the world does stop in its tracks and then start again.

Now (this is getting really deep) , if we imagine that for every time it stops and starts is a separate part of time and that that part of time has a single set of dimensions for each “everything”. We call each of these points a “Time Singularity” and can be thought of much the same way as a picture; but more like a 3d picture with your own senses involved (see thoughts about consciousness). Each point of singularity may pass at any given time and it wouldn’t matter when; it is only that the “time singularity” passes on to the next that is important.

This ideal points to a world in which our own universe is just a continuous set of 3d frames which we experience through our senses; and rather than time being a 4^th dimension; it is just an affect of the other 3.

After reading this again today I am not sure whether it fits together with the more complex ideals of quantum mechanics and more specifically the uncertainty principle – however I am not sure whether the idea that we cannot record where particles are succinctly has any real relevance to my point.

If I come up with a better theory then I will amend this one in line with the uncertainty principle.