RDD – Time (Definition)
Time (
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Definition: The index of recursion. Time is discrete and local to a perspective. It is not a container dimensions; it is a sequence of updates.
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Formalism:
(The -th iteration of the loop). -
Contextual Anchor: Loop Quantum Gravity (Rovelli); Julian Barbour’s The End of Time (Time as change-state).
Distillation — one idea, in my words
- Write the irreducible insight. 50–120 words.
- State the claim/definition in one sentence first.
- Remove source phrasing; keep mechanism or rule.
- If you feel the need for “and,” split into another atom.
Why it matters – 1-3 bullets on utility, mechanism, implication.
- What decision does this change?
- What prediction does this enable?
- What failure does this prevent?
Links
- Does this collide/agree with an existing atom?
- Add at least one forward link to a molecule/canonical note.
- Add one tag-like topic (2–5 terms, not a dump).
- Broader topic:
- Related atoms:
- Upstream source note:
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