Can Time and Motion Be Separated in an Expanding Universe?

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The discussion explores the relationship between time and motion in the context of an expanding universe. It questions whether time can be separated from motion, suggesting that time may be a potential for movement that expands ahead of measurable motion. The idea is proposed that the visible universe cannot be considered a single duration of time, as parts of time remain unfilled by motion. Additionally, the concept of dark energy is examined as a potential factor influencing the expansion rate of the universe, which exceeds the speed of light. Overall, the conversation seeks to understand the implications of time as a potential for motion on a universal scale.
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Can we split time from motion? I would think not, Space as we measure it is still expanding at a rate that is faster than light; if this is correct then we need to at least have some understanding as to why and I would think that time in the sense of it being a potential for movement, is expanding ahead of all motion we measure as space. Would this be a fair statement?

Can we call our visible universe a single duration of time? I would think not, unless we take into account the part of time that motion has not yet filled.
 
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Would the concept of time being potential movement, remembering that motion already fills part of that potential, fit on the universal scale? Can, this concept be used to explain why the universe could be expanding faster than light? Could dark energy be the potential, both larger and smaller, between that of motion with its speed limit of light, and time's expanding "potential for motion” because relative motion has not reached it yet?
 
I always thought it was odd that we know dark energy expands our universe, and that we know it has been increasing over time, yet no one ever expressed a "true" size of the universe (not "observable" universe, the ENTIRE universe) by just reversing the process of expansion based on our understanding of its rate through history, to the point where everything would've been in an extremely small region. The more I've looked into it recently, I've come to find that it is due to that "inflation"...

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