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To explore emergent time as a consequence of the universal collapse framework, challenging traditional views on time.

January 16, 2026Open Access

Emergent Time in a Universal Collapse Framework

Key Points

To explore emergent time as a consequence of the universal collapse framework, challenging traditional views on time.
Develop a conceptual framework based on the Theory of Nothing.
Analyze the nature of time as an internal relational structure.
Examine the role of geometric differentiation in understanding temporal ordering.
Establish emergent time as non-fundamental and secondary to structural asymmetry.
Demonstrate that duration and causality emerge from collapse dynamics rather than being fundamental properties.
Clarify the role of emergent time in the context of physical existence.

Abstract

AbstractWe present a conceptual formulation of emergent time within a universal collapse frameworkgrounded in the Theory of Nothing. In this approach, time is not treated as a fundamentalparameter, but as an internal relational structure arising from geometric differentiation withina continuous collapse. Temporal ordering, duration, and causality are shown to be secondarymanifestations of structural asymmetry rather than primitive elements of reality. This workestablishes emergent time as a necessary consequence of collapse dynamics and clarifies its roleas an internal coordinate of physical existence.

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