ben15w t1_j1w6zzu wrote on December 27, 2022 at 9:23 PM Reply to ELI5: If time is the fourth dimension, then what force is pushing us through it? by quacduck I don't have an answer, but isn't gravity often thought of as a force that spans the time dimension in some way (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_time_dilation) Things experiencing higher levels of gravity will move through time faster than when in lower gravity. Permalink 1
ben15w t1_j1w6zzu wrote
Reply to ELI5: If time is the fourth dimension, then what force is pushing us through it? by quacduck
I don't have an answer, but isn't gravity often thought of as a force that spans the time dimension in some way (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_time_dilation)
Things experiencing higher levels of gravity will move through time faster than when in lower gravity.