A Processing-Rate Interpretation of Relativistic Time Effects

This paper presents a Processing-Rate Interpretation of relativistic effects. We propose that time dilation, length contraction, and related phenomena arise from variations in the rate at which physical systems process moments of change, rather than from spacetime geometry. By modeling the universe as propagating through a geometric higher-dimensional w-axis at speed c, we derive the Lorentz factor geometrically from first principles. This framework reproduces the standard predictions of Special Relativity while offering a clearer physical ontology in which time remains fundamental and unidirectional. Key results include independent derivations of time dilation, the resolution of the Twin Paradox via moment accumulation, and length contraction as a translation effect at processing-rate boundaries.