Time Cube
 The layout and writing style of the Time Cube website. |
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| URL | timecube.com |
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| Commercial? | No |
| Type of site | Personal web page |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Created by | Gene Ray |
| Alexa rank |  832,099 (April 2013[update])[1] |
Time Cube is a website created by Gene Ray, also known as Otis E. Ray, in 1997[2] where he sets out his personal model of reality, which he calls Time Cube.[3] He suggests that all of modern physics is wrong, that religion (specifically Christianity) is evil, and that the idea of family is poisoning children.[3] The model proposes that each day is really four separate days occurring simultaneously.[2][4] John C. Dvorak wrote in PC Magazine that "Metasites that track crackpot sites often say this is the number one nutty site."[3]
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Concept [edit]
The website is mostly text written in centered, multi-colored 30-point type in a single vertical column.[3] The following quotation from the TimeCube.com website illustrates a recurring theme from Gene Ray's ideas:
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 has wagered $10,000 that his theories cannot be proven wrong.[3] John C. Dvorak of PC Magazine characterized the site's content as "endless blather".[3]
Public reaction [edit]
Ray spoke about Time Cube at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in January 2002 as part of the Independent Activities Period, a student-organized extra-curricular event.[5] He repeated his $10,000 offer for professors to disprove his theories at the event; none attempted it.[4]
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".[6] Ray also spoke about Time Cube at the Georgia Institute of Technology in April 2005, in a speech in which he attacked the instruction offered by academics.[7]
A 2004 editorial in The Maine Campus student newspaper remarked upon the site's "subtle little racist ideologies" which culminate in Ray describing racial integration as "destroying all of the races".[2]
In 2005, Brett Hanover made Above God, a short documentary film about Ray and Time Cube,[8] which won awards for Best Documentary at the Indie Memphis Film Festival and the Atlanta Underground Film Festival.[9][10]
References [edit]
- ^ "Timecube.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ a b c The Maine Campus: Timecube.com: Where reality as we know it is a lie, Mark Hartwell, The Maine Campus, September 24, 2004. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Dvorak, John C. (2003-12-22). "Don't Call Them Crackpots". PC magazine.
- ^ a b "Truth is cubic?", by Kate Duffy,The Phoenix, Swarthmore College, September 19, 2002. Archived by the Internet Archive, archive copy retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ^ "IAP 2002 Activity: Time Cube Lecture / Debate". Retrieved 2007-04-05.
- ^ Unscrewed with Martin Sargent on TechTV, season 1, episode 15 (aired 2003-06-18). "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."
- ^ "Oddball Time Cube theorist piques interest, elicits mixed response", by Joshua Cuneo, The Technique. Georgia Institute of Technology. April 22, 2005. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ^ Above God, Brett Hanover official site. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ^ "Act One among the big winners at Indie Memphis", by Chris Herrington, October 28, 2005, Memphis Flyer. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ^ "Memphians Premiere New Film at Nashville Film Festival", Michael Finger, April 18, 2008, Memphis Flyer. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
External links [edit]
- TimeCube.com
- Bei Dawei. "'Proving Human Stupidity': Time Cube, Gnosis, and the Challenge of Radical Cosmology". Library of Hsuan Chuang University. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
