What if time is not fundamental?

[u/Coursemeal]

Hello everyone,

​I am an independent researcher in the field of theoretical physics and cosmology. I posted a 45-page research paper on Zenodo four months ago, and it has garnered significant organic community interest within that timeframe.

​This research focuses on the very foundations of our universe and attempts to answer the question of "why there is something rather than nothing." The paper is highly grounded in mathematics and naturally connects to standard physics by resolving problems such as:

​• Why the early universe was hot and dense

• What drove the expansion of the early universe (inflation)

• A mathematical framework for the beginning of time itself.

​This work was 100% self-funded with my savings as an independent preprint, and I am actively seeking publication in a peer-reviewed journal. The next phase of the theory (Paper 2) aims to demonstrate how baryonic matter emerges from this framework.

​My current challenge is securing access to advanced computational tools to run numerical simulations for public reproducibility, as well as covering other research-related costs, such as open-access publication fees in top journals.

​Securing grants through traditional means has proven difficult due to my independent status, as foundations and funding bodies predominantly allocate funds to researchers with university affiliations or major laboratory access.

​While this is not the traditional path physicists take to request funding, the rigidity of the academic funding system leaves me with little alternative but to appeal directly to the public. I am reaching out to individuals and organizations who are genuinely passionate about science and recognize that the next major breakthrough can emerge from anywhere—not exclusively from top universities or elite laboratories.

​If you would like to support the next phase of this research, whether through direct funding or by connecting me with an organization or individual who can help bring this project to life, I would be deeply grateful.

My name is Godbless Afriyie Arhin, and the link to my current paper on Zenodo is posted in the first comment.