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{{Short description|American conspiracy website (1997–2015)}}
The '''Time Cube''' is the name of a ] created by ] and the ] he uses to publicize this hypothesis. Some of the main assertions of this hypothesis are that ] is ], that there are four simultaneous 24 hour ]s in one rotation of the ] and that Gene Ray is wiser than all ]s and ]s. Time Cube contains some characteristics of a ] (such as the belief that "Evil educators suppress student free speech right to debate Cubic Creation."), and is widely regarded as deliberate ], ] and ].
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==The Time Cube website== {{Confused|Times Square}}{{Infobox website
| name = Time Cube
]
| screenshot = Timegrab.png
| caption = The layout and writing style of the Time Cube website
| commercial = No
| type = Personal web page and conspiracy blog
| author = Otis Eugene "Gene" Ray
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1997}}
| current_status = Inactive{{efn|Ray's website domain names expired on August 24, 2015,<ref name=aro>{{Cite news |last=Robertson |first=Adi |date=September 2, 2015 |title=Time Cube Is Gone |work=] |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/2/9247913/time-cube-is-gone |url-status=live |access-date=February 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912045309/http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/2/9247913/time-cube-is-gone |archive-date=September 12, 2015}}</ref> and Time Cube was last archived by the ] (January 10–14).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Timecube |website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/timecube.com |access-date=June 25, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''Time Cube''' was a ] personal web page set up in 1997 by Otis Eugene "Gene" Ray.<ref name="MC" >{{Cite news |last=Hartwell |first=Mark |date=September 24, 2004 |title=Timecube.com: Where reality as we know it is a lie |work=The Maine Campus |url=http://mainecampus.com/2004/09/24/timecubecom-where-reality-as-we-know-it-is-a-lie |access-date=July 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430225718/http://mainecampus.com/2004/09/24/timecubecom-where-reality-as-we-know-it-is-a-lie/ |archive-date=April 30, 2011}}</ref> It was a self-published outlet for Ray's "theory of everything", also called "Time Cube", which claims that all modern sciences are participating in a ] to omit his theory, which posits that each day actually consists of four days occurring simultaneously.<ref name="PCMag" /> Ray described himself as the "wisest man on earth"<ref name="MC" /> and a "godlike being with superior intelligence who has absolute evidence and proof" for his views. Ray asserted repeatedly and variously that the academic world had not taken Time Cube seriously.<ref name=Swarthmore/>


According to ], Ray died on 18 March 2015, and the Time Cube website registration expired in August 2015.<ref name=aro/>
Time Cube's website has become widely imitated and parodied due to its long portions of large-font text in a variety of colors, much of it of limited coherence. The website purports to explain everything by means of "4 simultaneous 24 hour days within a single rotation of Earth", and explains that ordinary humans cannot understand this because they "are educated ''singularity stupid'' by academic bastards".


== Website ==
Some of the website's statements and claims bear a resemblance to ], and most people view Dr. Ray's writings as sufficiently indecipherable to the point that it is unclear whether they are a hoax.
The Time Cube website did not have a home page.<ref name="MC" /> A large amount of self-invented jargon is used throughout, often never defined. In one paragraph, Ray claimed that his own wisdom "so antiquates known knowledge" that a psychiatrist examining his behavior diagnosed him with ].<ref><nowiki>https://web.archive.org/web/20080709075217/http://www.timecube.com/</nowiki>, "My wisdom so antiquates known knowledge, that a psychiatrist examining my behavior, eccentric by his academic single corner knowledge, knows no course other than to judge me schizoprenic."</ref>


Adi Robertson of '']'' commented that Ray's theory of time is "an incredibly confusing one peppered with racism and homophobia".<ref name=aro/>
==Impact of the Time Cube hypothesis==

Though the website is generally seen as incoherent or as a deliberately humorous example of ] or ], there are some who claim to understand and follow Ray's views. The number and opinions of these believers is indeterminate, and it is unclear whether other websites are serious attempts to legitimise the Time Cube theory or subtle parodies.
== Time Cube concept ==
]
Ray's ], called "Time Cube", states that all of modern physics and education is wrong,<ref name="PCMag" /> and argues that, among many other things, ] is a global ]. He uses various graphs (along with pictures of himself) that purport to show how each day is really four separate days—], ], ], and ] (formerly morning, early afternoon, late afternoon, and evening)—occurring simultaneously.<ref name="MC" /><ref name="Swarthmore">{{Cite news |last=Duffy |first=Kate |date=September 19, 2002 |title=Truth Is Cubic? |work=The Phoenix |publisher=Swarthmore College |location=Swarthmore, Pennsylvania |url=http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2002/2002-09-19/living/12178.php |access-date=July 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021220092124/http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/org/phoenix/2002/2002-09-19/living/12178.php |archive-date=December 20, 2002}}</ref>

The following quotation from the website illustrates the recurring theme:
{{quote|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 offered $1,000<ref name="Time Cube">{{Cite web |title=Timecube.com Picture |url=http://www.timecube.com/timecubeflierimg.gif |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818113418/http://www.timecube.com/timecubeflierimg.gif |archive-date=August 18, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2014}}</ref> or $10,000<ref name="Swarthmore" /> to anyone who could prove his views wrong.
==Reception==
Ray spoke about Time Cube at the ] in January 2002 as part of a student-organized extra-curricular event during the independent activities period.<ref name="mit">{{Cite web |title=IAP 2002 Activity: Time Cube Lecture / Debate |url=http://web.mit.edu/iap/www/iap02/searchiap/iap-4330.html |access-date=April 5, 2007}}</ref> He repeated his $10,000 offer for professors to disprove his notions at the event; none attempted it.<ref name=Swarthmore/> ] wrote in '']'' that "Metasites that track crackpot sites often say this is the number one nutty site."<ref name="PCMag">{{Cite web |last=Dvorak |first=John C. |author-link=John C. Dvorak |date=December 22, 2003 |title=Don't Call Them Crackpots |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1420072,00.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031224162414/https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1420072,00.asp |archive-date=2003-12-24 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |website=PC Magazine}}</ref> He also characterized the site's content as "endless blather."<ref name="PCMag" /> When asked by ] 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."<ref name="techtv">{{Cite episode |series=Unscrewed with Martin Sargent |network=TechTV|title=Time Cube. The TechTV Interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn2UCqL5qyo |date=June 18, 2003 |season=1 |number=15 |quote=''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.}}</ref> Ray also spoke about Time Cube at the ] in April 2005, delivering a speech in which he attacked the instruction offered by academics.<ref name="Technique">{{Cite news |last=Cuneo |first=Joshua |date=2005-04-22 |title=Oddball Time Cube theorist piques interest, elicits mixed response |department=Focus |hdl=1853/7877 |hdl-access=free |newspaper=] |volume=90 |issue=31 |pages=11–14 |publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology }}</ref>

In 2005, Brett Hanover made ''Above God'', a short documentary film about Ray and Time Cube.<ref name="Hanover">{{Cite web |title=VIDEO – Brett Hanover |url=http://www.bretthanover.com/video.html |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=www.bretthanover.com}}</ref> The film was likely named after one of Ray's websites, which criticized the idea that God exists.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Above God |url=http://abovegod.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109145632/http://www.abovegod.com:80/ |archive-date=2014-11-09}}</ref> Hanover's film won awards for Best Documentary at the ] and the Atlanta Underground Film Festival.<ref name="Flyer2005">Harrington, Chris. (October 28, 2005). . '']''. Contemporary Media Inc. Archived from . On July 30, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2023.</ref><ref name="Flyer2008">Finger, Michael. (April 18, 2008). . '']''. Contemporary Media Inc. July 29, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2023.</ref>

== In popular culture ==
The song "To the End of the World" on ]'s 2017 album '']'' makes several references to the Time Cube concept.<ref>{{Citation |title=Alestorm – To the End of the World |url=https://genius.com/Alestorm-to-the-end-of-the-world-lyrics |access-date=2024-02-17}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
{{Portal|Internet}}
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* archived at the ] on May 6, 2015
* A fansite with Cubic explanations.
* on ]
* The official Cubicist forum.
* {{Cite web |title=Otis Eugene Ray (1927-2015) - Find a Grave... |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178435720/otis-eugene-ray |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=] |language=en}}
*, , : Gene Ray's auxiliary official sites
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*: A parody of Time Cube, from ]
* describing the rival Game Cube theory
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* explaining Time Cube;
* Randomly generates Time Cube-like text
*. April 14, 2005.
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Latest revision as of 20:23, 10 December 2024

American conspiracy website (1997–2015)

Not to be confused with Times Square.
Time Cube
The layout and writing style of the Time Cube website
Type of sitePersonal web page and conspiracy blog
Created byOtis Eugene "Gene" Ray
CommercialNo
Launched1997; 27 years ago (1997)
Current statusInactive

Time Cube was a pseudoscientific personal web page set up in 1997 by Otis Eugene "Gene" Ray. It was a self-published outlet for Ray's "theory of everything", also called "Time Cube", which claims that all modern sciences are participating in a worldwide conspiracy to omit his theory, which posits that each day actually consists of four days occurring simultaneously. Ray described himself as the "wisest man on earth" and a "godlike being with superior intelligence who has absolute evidence and proof" for his views. Ray asserted repeatedly and variously that the academic world had not taken Time Cube seriously.

According to Find a Grave, Ray died on 18 March 2015, and the Time Cube website registration expired in August 2015.

Website

The Time Cube website did not have a home page. A large amount of self-invented jargon is used throughout, often never defined. In one paragraph, Ray claimed that his own wisdom "so antiquates known knowledge" that a psychiatrist examining his behavior diagnosed him with schizophrenia.

Adi Robertson of The Verge commented that Ray's theory of time is "an incredibly confusing one peppered with racism and homophobia".

Time Cube concept

Diagram illustrating an aspect of the Time Cube theory which Ray describes as "LIFE ENCOMPASSES A 4–16 CUBE PRINCIPLE"

Ray's personal model of reality, called "Time Cube", states that all of modern physics and education is wrong, and argues that, among many other things, Greenwich Time is a global conspiracy. He uses various graphs (along with pictures of himself) that purport to show how each day is really four separate days—SUN-UP, MID-DAY, SUN-DOWN, and MID-NIGHT (formerly morning, early afternoon, late afternoon, and evening)—occurring simultaneously.

The following quotation from the website illustrates the recurring theme:

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 offered $1,000 or $10,000 to anyone who could prove his views wrong.

Reception

Ray spoke about Time Cube at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in January 2002 as part of a student-organized extra-curricular event during the independent activities period. He repeated his $10,000 offer for professors to disprove his notions at the event; none attempted it. John C. Dvorak wrote in PC Magazine that "Metasites that track crackpot sites often say this is the number one nutty site." He also characterized the site's content as "endless blather." When 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." Ray also spoke about Time Cube at the Georgia Institute of Technology in April 2005, delivering a speech in which he attacked the instruction offered by academics.

In 2005, Brett Hanover made Above God, a short documentary film about Ray and Time Cube. The film was likely named after one of Ray's websites, which criticized the idea that God exists. Hanover's film won awards for Best Documentary at the Indie Memphis Film Festival and the Atlanta Underground Film Festival.

In popular culture

The song "To the End of the World" on Alestorm's 2017 album No Grave But the Sea makes several references to the Time Cube concept.

Notes

  1. Ray's website domain names expired on August 24, 2015, and Time Cube was last archived by the Wayback Machine on January 12, 2016 (January 10–14).

References

  1. ^ Robertson, Adi (September 2, 2015). "Time Cube Is Gone". The Verge. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
  2. "Timecube". Internet Archive Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  3. ^ Hartwell, Mark (September 24, 2004). "Timecube.com: Where reality as we know it is a lie". The Maine Campus. Archived from the original on April 30, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  4. ^ Dvorak, John C. (December 22, 2003). "Don't Call Them Crackpots". PC Magazine. Archived from the original on December 24, 2003. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  5. ^ Duffy, Kate (September 19, 2002). "Truth Is Cubic?". The Phoenix. Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: Swarthmore College. Archived from the original on December 20, 2002. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20080709075217/http://www.timecube.com/, "My wisdom so antiquates known knowledge, that a psychiatrist examining my behavior, eccentric by his academic single corner knowledge, knows no course other than to judge me schizoprenic."
  7. "Timecube.com Picture". Archived from the original on August 18, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  8. "IAP 2002 Activity: Time Cube Lecture / Debate". Retrieved April 5, 2007.
  9. "Time Cube. The TechTV Interview". Unscrewed with Martin Sargent. Season 1. Episode 15. June 18, 2003. TechTV. 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.
  10. Cuneo, Joshua (April 22, 2005). "Oddball Time Cube theorist piques interest, elicits mixed response". Focus. Technique. Vol. 90, no. 31. Georgia Institute of Technology. pp. 11–14. hdl:1853/7877.
  11. "VIDEO – Brett Hanover". www.bretthanover.com. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  12. "Above God". Archived from the original on November 9, 2014.
  13. Harrington, Chris. (October 28, 2005). "Act One among the big winners at Indie Memphis". Memphis Flyer. Contemporary Media Inc. Archived from the original. On July 30, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  14. Finger, Michael. (April 18, 2008). "Memphians Premiere New Film at Nashville Film Festival". Memphis Flyer. Contemporary Media Inc. Archived July 29, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2023.
  15. Alestorm – To the End of the World, retrieved February 17, 2024

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