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Einstein’s view of time as a dimension that bends with gravity and speed is solid physics, but it’s a mathematical model, not a lived experience. The real issue is language. “Time” tries to describe both a physical property of the universe and our internal perception of change, and those are not the same thing.
Think of time like a movie stored on a VHS tape (or if you prefer, a digital file). The entire film, every scene, every moment, already exists on the tape. That’s like time as a dimension: all events laid out, fixed in structure.
But the experience of watching that movie depends on how fast the tape spins. If you play it at normal speed, you perceive each moment as it unfolds. If you fast-forward, you skip over details. If you slow it down, you notice things you’d normally miss.
Now imagine your brain is the tape player. Some minds process more detail per second, they “slow down” time by perceiving more change. Others process less, so time feels like it flies by. The tape hasn’t changed, your experience of it has.
That’s the difference between time as a physical dimension and time as a lived experience. One is fixed, the other is fluid. Plus like I said, your memory of the film is also important. If this is a movie that gives you lots of new ideas, new emotional reactions, and resonates with you deeply, you’ll store these moments as strong core memories, yet if the movie doesn’t do this, then it becomes a blur in your mind, tossed into the mental recycle bin within your mind.
