Time Cube

Time Cube

The layout and writing style of the Time Cube website.
Web address timecube.com
Commercial? No
Type of site
 Personal web page
Available in English
Created by Gene Ray
Alexa rank
 Decrease 517,356 (April 2014)[1]

Time Cube is a website created in 1997[2] by Gene Ray, also known as Otis Eugene Ray. On the site, he sets out his personal model of reality, which he calls "Time Cube".[3] He suggests that all of modern physics is wrong,[3] and his Time Cube model proposes that each day is really four separate days occurring simultaneously.[2][4]

On the site, Ray uses language ranging from the formal to the abusive (including insults and racial generalizations) and non-sequitur lines such as "Belly-Button Logic© Works. When Does Teenager Die? Adults Eat Teenagers Alive, No Record Of Their Death." The narrative weaves in and out of his metaphysical theory with numerous unique digressions. Throughout the text, Ray refers to himself as being godlike with a superior intelligence, claiming the existence of absolute evidence and proof behind his theories. Some have claimed it is futile to analyze the text rationally, locate meaningful proofs in the text, or verify any evidence.[5] Academia has mostly ignored Ray's theory.[4]

Concept

The website mostly consists of text which is formatted in centered, multi-colored, variously-sized type in a single vertical column.[3] The following quotation from the website illustrates a recurring theme from Gene Ray's ideas:

When the Sun shines upon Earth, 2 – major Time points are created on opposite sides of Earth – known as Midday and Midnight. Where the 2 major Time forces join, synergy creates 2 new minor Time points we recognize as Sunup and Sundown.

The 4-equidistant Time points can be considered as Time Square imprinted upon the circle of Earth. In a single rotation of the Earth sphere, each Time corner point rotates through the other 3-corner Time points, thus creating 16 corners, 96 hours and 4-simultaneous 24-hour Days within a single rotation of Earth – equated to a Higher Order of Life Time Cube.

Ray has offered $1,000[6] or $10,000[4] to anyone who can prove his theories wrong.

Reception

Ray spoke about Time Cube at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in January 2002 as part of a student-organized extra-curricular event during the Independent Activities Period.[7] He repeated his $10,000 offer for professors to disprove his theories at the event; none attempted it.[4] John C. Dvorak wrote in PC Magazine that "Metasites that track crackpot sites often say this is the number one nutty site."[3] He also characterized the site's content as "endless blather".[3] Asked by Martin Sargent in 2003 how it felt to be an Internet celebrity, Ray stated that it was not a position he wanted, but something he felt he had to do as "no writer or speaker understands the Time Cube".[5] Ray also spoke about Time Cube at the Georgia Institute of Technology in April 2005, in a speech in which he attacked the instruction offered by academics.[8]

A 2004 editorial in The Maine Campus student newspaper remarked upon the site's "subtle little racist ideologies" which culminate in Ray describing racial integration as "destroying all of the races".[2]

In 2005, Brett Hanover made Above God, a short documentary film about Ray and Time Cube,[9] which won awards for Best Documentary at the Indie Memphis Film Festival and the Atlanta Underground Film Festival.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Timecube.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Maine Campus: Timecube.com: Where reality as we know it is a lie, Mark Hartwell, The Maine Campus, September 24, 2004. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Dvorak, John C. (December 22, 2003). "Don't Call Them Crackpots". PC magazine.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Truth is cubic?", by Kate Duffy,The Phoenix, Swarthmore College, September 19, 2002. Archived by the Internet Archive, archive copy retrieved July 25, 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Unscrewed with Martin Sargent on TechTV, season 1, episode 15 (aired June 18, 2003). "Sargent: Gene, how do you feel about being an Internet celebrity? I mean, you're huge on the web. Ray: Well, it's not a position I wanted, it's something I had to do. I'm not a writer or speaker, but no writer or speaker understands the Time Cube."
  6. ↑ "Timecube.com Picture". Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ "IAP 2002 Activity: Time Cube Lecture / Debate". Retrieved April 5, 2007.
  8. ↑ "Oddball Time Cube theorist piques interest, elicits mixed response", by Joshua Cuneo, The Technique. Georgia Institute of Technology. April 22, 2005. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  9. ↑ Above God, Brett Hanover official site. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Act One among the big winners at Indie Memphis", by Chris Herrington, October 28, 2005, Memphis Flyer. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Memphians Premiere New Film at Nashville Film Festival", Michael Finger, April 18, 2008, Memphis Flyer. Retrieved July 25, 2010.

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