I'll keep it short and sweet, but here's my thoughts on it.
Things we already know.
A black hole pulls in matter because of high gravitational forces.
They also radiate, see Hawking radiation.
Gravity as far as we know only affects matter ( and before it's mentioned yes, light is matter).
But light also has no mass. Light speed is also not constant. Very cold gas mediums slow light tremendously. So does water but not tremendously.
Light (photons) can be split and are entangled. Any measurement made on one will simultaneously effect the other no matter the distance of separation. Meaning information is transmitted instantly even if separated by billions of light years. Light itself is not limited by time and space. So time and space are not separate. So stepping outside the limit of time implies stepping outside of space or bending/warping it.
Time slows the closer you get to a black hole. (so apparently it has an affect on something that is just basically a concept, and not tangible matter right?)
It's not so much that time slows as it is that space contracts. The observer would still not notice anything.
So what if we are misunderstanding how time works and what it is?
Could time itself be a form of matter affected by gravity just like any other matter is?
Yes time is space time. Gravitational waves were detected in 2015 by LIGO. Now if you can imagine the fabric of space like a pond. Throw a rock in and space time ripples. Travel from peak to peak and you travel forward in time by skipping space. But still not possible for mass. It is for massless matter.
Also consider this. We are light. Every cell in our body emits light. Our brains function do to electromagnetic frequencies (light). Our DNA and gene expression is regulated by electromagnetic energy. Our consciousness directly interacts with light.
See double slit experiments/ delayed choice double slit.
Also read Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind.
As well as Hameroff and Penrose ORCH OR. On YouTube.
I'm not speaking of time like day to day sunrises and sunsets, or months or years.
These are man made scales determined specifically by our solar system ONLY.
Outside of our solar system the same rules don't apply unless we use our measurements conceived and accepted on planet Earth.
Just like up/down, North/South don't apply outside this planets surface.
Part of the problem as I see it is that we are trying to apply our measure and understanding when we think of it, and may be completely missing the fact that time is also made up of a sort of matter (gravitational forces affect only matter, right?)
Is it possible we are misunderstanding it, and therefore find it impossible to alter or move around in?
I'll ask the question using things we already understand.
Are we basically trying to use sails when we should be using wheels when we try to study time?
Can time be pumped through a pipe and stored like fluid?
Can it be projected like light?
We can't answer these questions with what we know or think about the subject, so maybe we misunderstand it so badly we can't do anything with it but note it's passing as events that already happened, are happening now or has not happened yet.
Or is it possible we are not using the right tools to work with it, because of this lack of knowledge about it's true nature?
Is time just a concept, or is it really a tangible thing that can be manipulated, stored or rerouted?
Time and space are synonymous.
This is one of my hobbies, when I'm just sitting staring at a wall.
