Time Dilation and the Equivalence of Inertial Frames

TL;DR

This paper challenges the conventional relativity view by arguing for an absolute present and the evolution of future from the present, proposing a different ontological perspective on time.

Contribution

It introduces a novel argument supporting an absolute present, countering the relativity of simultaneity in inertial frames.

Findings

Supports the concept of an absolute present.

Argues for the evolution of future from the present.

Challenges the conventional relativity of simultaneity.

Abstract

It is well known that simultaneity within an inertial frame is defined in relativity theory by a convention or definition. This definition leads to different simultaneities across inertial frames and the well known principle of relativity of simultaneity. The lack of a universal present implies the existence of past, present and future as a collection of events on a four dimensional manifold or continuum wherein three dimensions are space like and one dimension is time like. However, such a continuum precludes the possibility of evolution of future from the present as all events exist forever so to speak on the continuum with the tenses past, present and future merely being perceptions of different inertial frames. Such a far-reaching ontological concept, created by a mere convention, is yet to gain full acceptance. In this paper, we present arguments in favour of an absolute present, which means simultaneous events are simultaneous in all inertial frames, and subscribe to evolution of future from the present.