Temporal Dislocation Hypothesis: A Reinterpretation of Black Holes as Temporally Dislocated Regions of Spacetime

Black holes are conventionally modeled as regions of spacetime terminating in a central singularity, enclosed by an event horizon from which no information escapes. This paper proposes an alternative interpretation: black holes as temporally dislocated regions of spacetime, where extreme gravitational curvature causes time itself to knot and fold inward around the collapsed mass. Rather than collapsing into singularities, such regions form compact "time pockets"—domains whose internal evolution proceeds at an asymptotically slowed rate, maintaining causal continuity while rendering the interior observationally inaccessible.

This work introduces a novel interpretation of the Schwarzschild lapse function as a physically meaningful causal boundary, framing black holes not as spatial collapses but as regions of extreme temporal detachment. The reinterpretation preserves the mathematics of general relativity while offering a new explanatory bridge to quantum coherence and information retention. A covariant derivation of the Temporal Relaxation Effect is developed using linearized Einstein field equations, characterizing its dynamic evolution within a rigorous general relativistic framework.

Preferred citation:
Weil-Adkins, M. T. (2025). Temporal Dislocation Hypothesis: A Reinterpretation of Black Holes as Temporally Dislocated Regions of Spacetime. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15322264