Einstein's "miracle year" was 1905. He won a nobel prize in 1921. Wikipedia states that "In 1907, beginning with a simple thought experiment involving an observer in free fall, he embarked on what would be an eight-year search for a relativistic theory of gravity," and that "a 1919 expedition led by Eddington confirmed general relativity's prediction for the deflection of starlight by the Sun during the total solar eclipse of May 29, 1919, making Einstein instantly famous."
These are sobering lengths of time. I must face the fact that Time Relativity is not going to be accepted overnight (especially since it's been out in the wild for a couple weeks now and appears to have gotten zero attention). So I will continue to work on it and see where it will go.
The initial steps into General Relativity are daunting. The math and the science are overwhelmingly complicated. I don't think I can handle it. A glimmer of hope in my mind tells me that it is not complicated but overcomplicated, and that Time Relativity will allow me to skip all of the math and get directly into the guts of the universe (with math, of course, but something simpler). For example, the need for the concept of a fabric(ation) of space-time seems like it ought to be unnecessary. Gravitational time-dilation, which if I understand correctly is a consequence of the curvature of space-time according to general relativity, shows hints of being directly evident within Time Relativity. It may be a difficult task to tease out that evidence. I don't think I've been thorough enough yet on the existing evidence of Time Relativity (cheating, hand-waving, or glossing over details to get past them).
But you can quote me on this belief:
Any satisfactorily mature understanding of reality will allow it to be described simpley and intuitively.
Random thought of the moment:
How does Time Relativity account for curved paths of light due to gravity? Without a speed, there is no "force applied over time" that would curve the light.
Answer: Gravity is an effect of time dilation and corresponding length contraction. As with relative movement, space appears to warp due to the effect, differently for different observers. The warped space appears as a curvature, to observers who "observe" the gravity (which might be all observers, or might exclude those who are in "free fall" relative to said gravity, but only along the same curved path).
Source: http://metaphysicsdiary.blogspot.com/2010/08/post-time-relativity.html
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