Correct me if I'm wrong, but seems like the idea of "time being converted into space" is itself pretty meaningless because it implies conversion happening over time.
I vaguely remember stories of this in a black hole. The "metric" changes. It involves the space dimension becoming time-like (restricted to movement forward) while the time dimension becomes space-like (finite). I don't remember the physical interpretations making much sense either.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but seems like the idea of "time being converted into space" is itself pretty meaningless because it implies conversion happening over time.
Happening over spacetime, you mean :)
I vaguely remember stories of this in a black hole. The "metric" changes. It involves the space dimension becoming time-like (restricted to movement forward) while the time dimension becomes space-like (finite). I don't remember the physical interpretations making much sense either.