A scientific principle is a fundamental explanation, based on observations and experiments, that describes how a natural phenomenon functions. The principles of Philochrony are three: 1. Time is magnitive; 2. The Trilogy of Time; and 3. Time is an epiphenomenon of becoming. I have already explained principles 1 and 2 at length elsewhere. Here, it is appropriate to explain the third principle.
Becoming is the continuous and sequential occurrence of changes and phenomena. An epiphenomenon is a phenomenon, accessory, or symptom that accompanies another primary phenomenon, without influencing it or causing it. Time is the physical magnitude that continuously increases in value due to becoming, and it is used to measure the duration of things. In a clock, we observe the movement of the hands (becoming) and we process the intervals (time) in our memory. Time, as an epiphenomenon, has no effect whatsoever on reality—that is, on things, objects, or phenomena. Aging, material deterioration, and the replacement of the old by the new are products of becoming.
Elvis Sibilia, Florida, United States
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