Time and Energy

Response to an email from the author of a theory concerning “time flow,” in which time supposedly corresponds to the unit energy or work in the formula: Time Flow = Time/Energy. The author seeks this modification as a way to enhance Special and General Relativity:

Thanks for your email concerning the E=mc² equation. Unfortunately, I consider time to be the motion of matter, so I am not a fair judge of your work. I assume that time does not “exist,” it occurs. Time does not “flow” independent of matter. It is not part of the universe, it is what the various parts do. We measure time by measuring the motion of one thing with respect to another. In this view, “Absolute” or “universal” time is the motion of all things with respect to all other things in the infinite universe.

Thus, I assume that matter does not turn into pure energy (conceived as matterless motion), as is conventionally thought. Instead, through material interactions, matter in motion of one kind simply is transferred into matter in motion of another kind according to the First Law of Thermodynamics and the rules of classical mechanics as modified in neomechanics (see “The Scientific Worldview: Beyond Newton and Einstein”. This is why the ether is necessary—it contains the particles that carry the motion formerly thought to be lost as “pure energy.” A hint of this view can be seen in my recent paper, “Resolution of the SLT-Order Paradox” available for free download at: (http://www.scientificphilosophy.com/Downloads/SLTOrder.pdf). I am planning to write a paper entitled “The Physical Meaning of E=mc²,” which will give the details.