Starting from the Nature of Time: The Strategic Concept within the Cognitive System - A World Model via Simplified Mapping

This paper proposes and systematically argues for a transformative perspective: time, in its essence, is not a fundamental dimension of objective reality, but rather a strategic concept constructed by the human cognitive system to handle the infinite complexity of the physical world, based on the principle of simplified mapping. By integrating insights from cognitive neuroscience, information theory, and contemporary "timeless" physics, we first provide a detailed argument demonstrating that conceptualizing time purely as a simplified mapping strategy can uniformly explain core quantum paradoxes. This process is analogous in principle to "numerical analysis" in engineering. Building on this foundation, we naturally extend this understanding to the concept of space, proposing that spacetime itself is also a strategic concept constructed upon the principle of simplified mapping, and we reveal the essence of micro-to-macro emergence phenomena. Finally, we posit that simplified mapping is a universal strategy of human cognition for processing complex information. This recognition provides a novel conceptual framework for understanding physical reality and points toward new directions for the future development of physics. Simultaneously, this framework offers support at the level of physical mechanism for the philosophical interpretation of ultimate questions such as "Where does time come from, and where is it going? Does the universe have a beginning and an end?"