My apologies for such a late reply, but the burst of recent thread activity delivered to my inbox made me wonder what I replied to in the first place. It’s all coming back to me now…
Ok, perhaps you were using the term “processor speed” to refer to the time variable’s value in different reference frames compared to proper time, but I’m curious to know your explanation of “proper time” in this context and how its value could be determined relative to “the Universe.” Statements like that, along with the following:
… are leading me to suspect you don’t have a particularly firm understanding of what constitutes an inertial system. If you can’t explain your ideas without resorting to reified metaphors or acquiescence to the purported conclusions (let alone heterodox conclusions) of others, then you yourself don’t even understand it. Groucho would of course change his opinion were you to demonstrate some principles, reasoning, and progression of thought that made the ideas more compelling, or perhaps even used a well-articulated gedanken experiment.
-Groucho (formerly known as “Josh”)