I was reflecting on the structure of our universe and stumbled upon a thought. Let's say if time doesn't exist on its own, but is part of the space-time continuum, then we could say exactly the same about temperature too. Temperature is defined as the average kinetic energy of particles — essentially, the speed of their movement or "giggling" — which inevitably includes a time component. That's how we look at waves, after all. According to modern physics, both time and temperature can be viewed as emergent properties arising from more fundamental processes. In quantum field theory and relativity theory, space and time form a unified structure, while temperature is a statistical description of the energy state of multiple particles. Thus this illustrates the deep interconnection of fundamental physical concepts, which we often perceive as separate aspects of reality.
I'd say it's not space-time but rather space-time-temperature.
I poked around with our helpful pals GPT and Claude, and they say there's this Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli who apparently works in exactly this direction. Turns out he actively writes books on this topic. Well, it's about time for me to dive into some new popular science books.