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CHAPTER Time, an answer to space A STRANGE THOUGHT MOVEMENT appeared in the corridors of fundamental research in the early twentieth century. As we added knowledge to our libraries, we also started adding space dimensions to our universe, particularly when Klein and Kaluza appeared, the fathers of the fourth spatial dimension. The idea of adding overlaps of space to what we cannot explain is the successful syndrome of the prevailing materialism, because our eyes decided that matter takes up space. We therefore continue to see the world through our eyes in the conceptions that we can work with. The parallel worlds of the string theory are typical of this intention to see the effects “‘some- where,” which our eyes could possibly conceive. The promoters of superstrings argue that we do not feel the effects of these dimensions because they are too small. In fact, that is because they do not exist. Small-scale experiments of Newtonian gravity (one tenth of a millime- ter) were conducted to estimate the presence of hidden dimensions. Newton is always right on this small scale. On the other hand, we clearly feel the effects of temporal dimensions via psychological time! After the dogma of finite light speed, after the dogma of a ST with three space dimensions and one time dimension, we have come to a standstill in our search for space “‘elsewhere.”’ That is because our dic- tionary can only say “some-where” and not “some-when.” By insisting on dividing the whole into ever smaller parts we even- tually dissect the bigger whole. We collect spaces as if they were objects. Materialism obliges us to reserve a thing for every place and a place for every thing. This propensity also comes from our difficulty to imagine time to be other than linear, going from the past to the future 97