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| − | '''Time Cube''' is a [[website]] created by [[Gene Ray]]. On that website, Dr. Ray explains his "Time Cube" theory, which describes the planet [[Earth]] as having a [[cube|cubic]] [[symmetry]], and [[time]] as rotating four "corners". He also says that all of modern [[physics]] is wrong. Many scientists reject these ideas, saying that they make no sense and cannot be [[test]]ed.
| + | {{Infobox website |
| | + | | name = Time Cube |
| | + | | screenshot = Time Cube.png |
| | + | | caption = A picture showing the Time Cube theory |
| | + | | url = timecube.com until August 2015<br/>Archived at web.archive.org<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/|title=Internet Archive: Wayback Machine}}</ref> |
| | + | | alexa = 517,356 ({{as of|2014|4|1|alt=April 2014}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/timecube.com |title= Timecube.com Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= April 1, 2014 }}</ref> |
| | + | | commercial = No |
| | + | | type = Personal website |
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| − | The Time Cube website is written in an angry and hateful voice. On his site, Ray says that anyone who does not believe in Time Cube is "stupid and evil". Some of the comments are [[racism|racist]], especially against black people and [[Judaism|Jews]]. Many people find the site to be difficult to understand.
| + | | author = Otis Eugene Ray |
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| | + | '''Time Cube''' was a personal [[website]] created on 1997 by Otis Eugene Ray.<ref name="mit">{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/iap/www/iap02/searchiap/iap-4330.html |title=IAP 2002 Activity: Time Cube Lecture / Debate |accessdate=April 5, 2007}}</ref> On that website, Ray explained his [[theory of everything]], known as "Time Cube". It described the planet [[Earth]] as having a [[cube|cubic]] [[symmetry]], and [[time]] as rotating four "corners". He also said that all of modern [[physics]] is wrong. Scientists reject these ideas, saying that they make no sense and cannot be [[test]]ed. |
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| − | Ray has spoken about Time Cube at two universities in the [[United States]], MIT and Georgia Tech. At MIT, a professor tried to cancel the lecture before it took place. Ray believes this is proof of a [[conspiracy]] to keep information about Time Cube hidden. | + | The Time Cube website was written in an angry and hateful voice. On his site, Ray said that not believing in Time Cube would be "stupid and evil". Some of the comments were [[racism|racist]] and discriminatory, especially against black people and [[Judaism|Jews]]. There were also many comments against [[homosexuality|gay]] people. Many people found the site to be difficult to understand. |
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| − | == Other websites == | + | Ray spoke about Time Cube at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in January 2002.<ref name="mit"/> At MIT, a professor tried to cancel the lecture before it took place. Ray believed this is proof of a [[conspiracy]] to keep information about Time Cube hidden. Ray also spoke about Time Cube at the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]] in April 2005.<ref name=Technique>[https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/1853/7877/3/focus-2005-04-22.pdf "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.</ref> |
| − | *[http://www.timecube.com Timecube.com]
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| − | {{tech-stub}} | + | Otis Eugene Ray died on March 18, 2015. He was 87 years old.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=178435720|title=Otis Eugene Ray (1927–2015) – Find A Grave Memorial}}{{Primary source inline|date=April 2020}}</ref> The website went down on August 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Robertson |first=Adi |date=September 2, 2015 |title=Time Cube Is Gone |url=https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/2/9247913/time-cube-is-gone |url-status=live |work=The Verge |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 |access-date=February 15, 2016 }}</ref> It was last archived by the [[Wayback Machine]] on January 12, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/timecube.com|title=Internet Archive Wayback Machine|accessdate=June 25, 2016|website=archive.org}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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| − | [[Category:Websites]] | + | == Related pages == |
| | + | * [[Conspiracy theory]] |
| | + | * [[Pseudoscience]] |
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| | + | [[Category:1997 establishments in the United States]] |
| | + | [[Category:Conspiracy theories]] |