A Tentative Hypothesis

In the General Concept of Time it describes how time and energy appears to be directly related, and even suggested they may two aspects of the same thing but defined differently according to the nature of their behaviour.

    For example, when speaking of time in a general every day sense,  we are usually referring to the passing of events that can be, and are, measured in units of seconds, hours, days, years etc. Time is also defined as distance divided by speed. But when speaking of energy however, we are usually referring to the work it does.

    Although time and energy are described differently they can in fact be considered unified in their influence and effect on our existence in local space. If according to the general concept, time and energy are described as having a dual existence, then it should be possible to test that concept. It should be possible to create experiments that can show their relationship.

 

If time is directly related with energy, then we should be able to show that different measures of energy acting on matter will affect its time velocity, where time velocity is the 'rate of change'.

    I need to explain here that 'time velocity', being the 'rate of change', relates to how quickly matter changes from one state, condition or form to another in its various processes, be it physical or chemical. Everything changes in one way of another, some very slowly some very quickly, and it's that speed of change I refer to as being the time velocity. Water for example can change from one state to another,  from a gas to a liquid to a solid and vise versa by the application or reduction of heat. The greater the source of heat the faster the process and the lower the heat source the slower the process. Plants too can grow at different rates at different measures of temperature. 

    What about time flow? How different is it from time velocity? If the time effect is related to change, then time flow needs to be identified with the movement of change from one state, condition or form  to another, while time velocity needs to be identified as the rate or speed of that movement of change. 

    Time can be identified with motion in two ways; the motion of passing time as found in clocks giving visual changes in numerical units as suggested by Aristotle, and by motion derived from a sequence of change as observed in the emergent of passing of events.

    Both the measure of time and the sequence of physical events encompasses the idea of change, the change of a numerical value  when counting time and the physical change of  matter, both of which are inter-related.

    Now, if time encompasses the idea of change then it would be logical to assume that the velocity of time flow ought to have a relationship with the rate of change. If the rate of change (time flow) increases then surely the time velocity increases and vise versa.

    With that in mind, we know the rate of change of matter can be influenced by various forms of energy. Various levels of heat for example can affect atomic and molecular behaviour causing matter to accelerate its processes or slow down when the temperature drops.

    As already mentioned, by using the ice model we can perform a thought experiment where an increase of heat can cause the ice cube to melt faster, thereby giving its solid form a shorter life-span. But if it was kept in an environment away from a heat source, such as a refrigerator, the ice cube could be visualised as exhibiting no change, therefore no time flow, and having no time flow would mean it has a time velocity of zero. the ice cube would last indefinitely. 

    

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