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No, time has nothing to do with this. The point is that two points separated by an object in 3D space (say, a point inside a box and one outside the box) can be
by tsimionescu 3y ago
No, time has nothing to do with this. The point is that two points separated by an object in 3D space (say, a point inside a box and one outside the box) can be connected by something in 4D space, just like two points on a 2D plane on opposite sides of a river can be connected by a bridge in 3D space.
The time dimension is entirely separate. You always travel a distance in the time dimensions, in space the distance just exists, there is no concept of traveling without time. This is also visible in the math of SR - the time dimension is different from the three spatial dimensions (opposite sign in the distance metric).