Quote Originally Posted by CocaCola
So maybe that is what it is? time, in essence, is the zero dimension?
I like that. Well, are the dimensions an effort to classify everything in existence? Time is merely an attribute of all things.. it could not possibly be any higher up in the dimensions than.. well.. anything. Can it be construed as a building block of existence? As soon as a dot comes into existence, it begins to age, so that obviously rules out time as the fourth dimension.

Without time, everything would exist in one moment. If everything did exist in only one moment, we wouldn't be able to think, to react, because those both require some time (and energy) to occur. Energy couldn't exist. Movement would be nonexistent (it takes two moments for an object to move from point A to point B). And since everything would only last for one moment, if there were not two moments (time), the dot would only exist for one. Everything would be gone by nanosecond two.

So there is no doubt that time exists, but can it be construed as the zero dimension? Time is not necessary for the dot to exist, but it is for the dot to last.