Beyond Time II: Dual-Boundary Emergence of Temporality from Relativistic and Thermodynamic Limits

Note: This paper is a direct follow-up to the original whitepaper, Beyond Time: A Proposal to Reframe the Role of Light-Speed as the Foundational Boundary of Perceived Temporality. It extends the hypothesis by incorporating thermodynamic extremities (absolute zero) as co-determinants of temporal emergence alongside the relativistic speed of light. Readers are encouraged to consult the foundational paper for the initial framing of time as an emergent property rooted in subluminal motion. Abstract: This paper proposes a conceptual shift in our understanding of time: rather than being a fundamental dimension of the universe, time may be an emergent property arising from boundary conditions defined by the speed of light (c) and the absolute zero of thermodynamic energy (0 K). The hypothesis posits that only systems existing between these extremes—those moving below the speed of light and above absolute zero—experience distinguishable state transitions, which we interpret as time. This view links relativistic and thermodynamic perspectives into a single emergent framework, challenging the spacetime continuum paradigm and reframing time as a scalar rate of internal change conditioned by physical deviation from both extremes.