Time: The Fourth Dimension.

Originally Posted by Crysis

"time" is an abstract in itself. Can time exist in an unobservable space of dark matter such as the border of space that has yet to be expanded? Has "time" always existed? If so, then it would have had to have existed in the void before space (Assuming there was a "before space") since it exists now, and hasn't provided any observable evidence to prove it hasn't been infinitely in existence.

Do some reading on Special, and General Relativity. The dimensionality of time is discussed in both. Time began, when space began. But, time does not move in a solitary motion. Its expansion, like that of space, is in all directions. Therefore our linear perception of time, as a chronological series of instances is not "time," it is simply the easiest way for us to understand time. Take this for example: An occurrence takes place fifty years from now. But, because time is not linear, this occurrence may then, cause an effect in our current time, or, in a time prior to our present day, etc. Also, here's an analogy to help understand this premise. Imagine a bubble, inside of a pool. As this bubble expands, it displaces the water around it, in all directions in which the bubble is expanding. The bubble here, is the universe. Time is the pool. Therefore, as the universe expands, it is displacing time around itself, causing time to move in the same directions as space. This is why particles are able to move, not only forwards, and backwards in time, but, to the left, or right, or up, or down.

Originally Posted by Crysis

"time" is an abstract in itself. Can time exist in an unobservable space of dark matter such as the border of space that has yet to be expanded? Has "time" always existed? If so, then it would have had to have existed in the void before space (Assuming there was a "before space") since it exists now, and hasn't provided any observable evidence to prove it hasn't been infinitely in existence.

Do some reading on Special, and General Relativity. The dimensionality of time is discussed in both. Time began, when space began. But, time does not move in a solitary motion. Its expansion, like that of space, is in all directions. Therefore our linear perception of time, as a chronological series of instances is not "time," it is simply the easiest way for us to understand time. Take this for example: An occurrence takes place fifty years from now. But, because time is not linear, this occurrence may then, cause an effect in our current time, or, in a time prior to our present day, etc. Also, here's an analogy to help understand this premise. Imagine a bubble, inside of a pool. As this bubble expands, it displaces the water around it, in all directions in which the bubble is expanding. The bubble here, is the universe. Time is the pool. Therefore, as the universe expands, it is displacing time around itself, causing time to move in the same directions as space. This is why particles are able to move, not only forwards, and backwards in time, but, to the left, or right, or up, or down.