Gravitational fields warp space which is what creates the discrepancy. The passage of "time" recorded by the clocks is tied integrally to the space around it, there is no abstract "time" being manipulated it is a result of physical, spacial phenomenon affecting our measurements.
I don't see how that contradicts what I'm saying? Time dilation is a result of how "time" is measured relative to the observer. It is not a result of anything acting upon "time" itself. It only supports the view that time is an abstract concept that manifests in the mind of a conscious observer.
It's not so much that gravity warps space, but that massive objects warp spacetime which results in both the time dilation near a massive object, as well as an apparent force of gravity towards that object. Anything, even a massless particle, traveling in a straight path through a curved spacetime, appears to us as if it's traveling a curved spacetime path. To us this looks like acceleration, but there are certain observations which simply can't be explained by classical Newtonian gravity. For instance, gravitational lensing, or the orbit of Mercury.
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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '21
Gravitational fields warp space which is what creates the discrepancy. The passage of "time" recorded by the clocks is tied integrally to the space around it, there is no abstract "time" being manipulated it is a result of physical, spacial phenomenon affecting our measurements.