I think, Creedo, what Mr. X is trying to get us to do is to "step outside" of our 3-dimensionality, and view it from the next higher dimension. What you state is very true, so far as our perceptions tell us things work within our dimensionality. And he is even agreeing with you when we are talking about our limited dimensionality when he states:
"time travel is possable and has been done or will be done if you wish to still belive in time"
To understand any given system, one needs to observe the system's operation while positioned OUTSIDE that system. This allows you to see the system and how it interacts with other systems around it. So if the individual characteristics we know as Mass, Space, and Time are local to our universal system, it is very likely that one could perceive Mass, Space, and Time as a single, integrated element if one were positioned OUTSIDE our local universal system! We call this integrated element "energy". In 4-dimensional topology, we would actually be able to perceive energy in its natural state, whereas here in our dimensionality, we only perceive the EFFECTS of energy (light, motion, gravity).
And oh yeah....there is another VERY interesting thing that happens when you do this little "jump outside the system" trick: You can actually RESOLVE A PARADOX that was observed while you were local to that system. This is something I have pointed to for awhile, if you go back and review my posts: ANY paradox is nothing more than a signpost telling you "you don't have enough information." A magic trick IS a paradox, until such time as you gain the information about how the trick is done.
And so, if I understand what Mr. X is getting at, what we know as TIME ceases to exist when viewed from our next highest dimension. From that vantage point, you see ALL OF ETERNITY for our local universe. This also provides another clue to how one would achieve "time travel" within our linear understanding of time. The recipe would go like this:
1) Jump from our dimension to the 4th dimension.
2) Observe all of eternity (which, as I am fond of describing it, is a 3x3 matrix of local Mass, Space, and Time effects) and decide which coordinates of Mass+Space+Time you wish to visit back in the 3-D universe.
3) "Point" your time travel "vehicle" to those Mass+Space+Time coordinates within The Matrix, and then tell Mr. Data to "enagage".
4) Jump from 4th dimension back to our 3rd dimension at the coordinates you selected.
The other benefit of this "trick" is that you actually exceeded the speed of light, but no one within the 3-D universe of Mass-Space-Time saw you do it. And this DOES NOT violate Einstein's General Relativity! As many people smarter than me point out: Einstein never said you cannot travel faster than the speed of light...he only said that no one would be able to observe you doing it!
It would be good for people to review Edwin Abbott's classical treatise on dimensionality known as FLATLAND. In this story, he descibes how a 3-dimensional sphere would appear to a 2-dimensional being as the sphere passed thru that being's plane of existence. It is intended to help one think about similar effects when going from 3-D to 4-D.
Kind Regards,
RainmanTime
