A simple anthropic argument for why there are 3 spatial and 1 temporal dimensions.
Victim is essentially "frozen" in time, losing a temporal dimension altogether.
A population with no temporal dimension is unable to function properly.
A temporal dimension is one way to measure physical change.
There is also a temporal dimension because a downshift could be either temporary or permanent.
The Universe has at least three spatial and one temporal (time) dimension.
It was long thought that the spatial and temporal dimensions were different in nature and independent of one another.
The spatial dimension, then, can relate to a temporal dimension.
Vinny has the ability to exist in three distinct temporal dimensions, which kind of gives him an edge.
They are represented on a temporal dimension roughly in order of occurrence.