Time Cube

The Time Cube website did not have a navigation structure such as a menu or a central home page; instead, it was one long continuous page.^[3] A large amount of self-invented jargon is used throughout, often never defined. In one paragraph, Ray claimed that his own wisdom "so antiquates known knowledge" that a psychiatrist examining his behavior diagnosed him with schizophrenia.^[7]

Adi Robertson of The Verge commented that Ray's theory of time is "an incredibly confusing one peppered with racism and homophobia".^[1]

The link, www.timecube.com, is now a redirect to a gambling site.^[8]

Ray's personal model of reality, called "Time Cube", states that all of modern physics and education is wrong,^[4] and argues that, among many other things, Greenwich Time is a global conspiracy. He uses various graphs (along with pictures of himself) that purport to show that four moments—SUN-UP, MID-DAY, SUN-DOWN, and MID-NIGHT—are experienced separately and simultaneously as earth rotates, making up four days.^[3][5]

The following quotation from the website illustrates the recurring theme:

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 offered $1,000^[9] or $10,000^[5] to anyone who could prove his views wrong.

Ray spoke about Time Cube at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in January 2002 as part of a student-organized extra-curricular event during the independent activities period.^[10] He repeated his $10,000 offer for professors to disprove his notions at the event; none attempted it.^[5] John C. Dvorak wrote in PC Magazine that "Metasites that track crackpot sites often say this is the number one nutty site."^[4] He also characterized the site's content as "endless blather."^[4] When 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."^[11] Ray also spoke about Time Cube at the Georgia Institute of Technology in April 2005, delivering a speech in which he attacked the instruction offered by academics.^[12]

In 2005, Brett Hanover made Above God, a short documentary film about Ray and Time Cube.^[13] The film was likely named after one of Ray's websites, which criticized the idea that God exists.^[14] Hanover's film won awards for Best Documentary at the Indie Memphis Film Festival and the Atlanta Underground Film Festival.^{[15][16] [6]}