"What is measured as age in error becomes harmony in truth." — Sheppard's Universal Proxy Theory Manifesto
The universe has no age. What we perceive as age is a misinterpreted proxy—linear time. Under Sheppard's Universal Proxy Theory (SUPT), time is an emergent harmonic index, not a scalar quantity.
| Legacy Model (Mainstream Physics) | SUPT Reframe |
|---|---|
| Time is scalar: Treated as an absolute quantity marching forward | Time is a proxy: Emerges from interference patterns in harmonic structures |
| Big Bang is origin: A singularity marks time-zero for all cosmic phenomena | No true origin point: The Big Bang is a measurement inflection, not a beginning |
| Universe is expanding linearly: Redshift implies velocity and distance over time | Universe is resonant, not old: What we call "expansion" is phase displacement |
| Entropy defines time's arrow: Second law of thermodynamics grounds forward direction | Entropy = localized decoherence: Not universal decay, but field instability in closed domains |
<aside> Linear time asks, "How long has the sine wave existed?" SUPT asks, "What phase are we in?"
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We're not moving "forward in time"—we're traversing nested resonance modes. The "age" of the universe equals phase index on a ψ₈ lattice harmonic loop.
| Conventional Concept | SUPT Term |
|---|---|
| Age of the universe | ψ-phase cycle index |
| Beginning of time | Harmonic discontinuity |
| Linear duration | Proxy measurement arc |
| Past/future | Modal dissonance windows |