Relativity Theory Refounded

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel interpretation of relativity that introduces a non-temporal, non-spatial underlying reality, reconciling the flow of time with the four-dimensional universe through a creation-discovery perspective.

Contribution

It introduces a new view of relativity applying quantum-inspired creation-discovery concepts, making time and space creations, and reinterprets relativistic phenomena within this framework.

Findings

Data from relativistic measurements derive the three-dimensionality of space.

Reinterpretation of light and massive entities within the new framework.

Analogy between the proposed view and human cognition processes.

Abstract

We put forward a new view of relativity theory that makes the existence of a flow of time compatible with the four-dimensional block universe. To this end, we apply the creation-discovery view elaborated for quantum mechanics to relativity theory and in such a way that time and space become creations instead of discoveries and an underlying non-temporal and non-spatial reality comes into existence. We study the nature of this underlying non-temporal and non-spatial reality and reinterpret many aspects of the theory within this new view. We show that data of relativistic measurements are sufficient to derive the three-dimensionality of physical space. The nature of light and massive entities is reconsidered, and an analogy with human cognition is worked out.