The Phase Collective measures whether time passes at the same rate everywhere. It does not. Our cesium clock array in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, has recorded temporal variances of up to 0.7 nanoseconds across a 200-meter baseline — variances that fall just within conventional margins of error, which is precisely where a phenomenon of this magnitude would hide.
Our methodology is documented below in full detail, because record-keeping is the foundation of temporal research and our records are impeccable. Every measurement is timestamped to the second. Every timestamp is itself a measurement. We are aware of the recursion and consider it load-bearing.
Our instrumentation protocol proceeds in four phases. Phase One establishes baseline synchronization across all six cesium units using a procedure adapted from
Dr. Sable Fontaine
Dr. Fontaine studied time perception as a neuroscientist in Montreal before pivoting to the study of time itself, a transition she describes as seamless and her former colleagues describe as a transition. She publishes faster than any human lead in the consortium and speaks faster than she publishes.
Omar Zayed
Omar attended one of Dr. Fontaine’s conference presentations intending to determine whether the work was brilliant or something else. That was three years ago. His measurements are exact, his mathematics unimpeachable, and his verdict pending.
Fern Alcott
Fern previously managed the town’s historical museum and brings an archivist’s discipline to a laboratory that studies whether “when” is a stable concept. She is not certain the research is correct. She is certain the records are.