Is there a relativist in the crowd

Can you explain what you mean by that.

You're simply wrong. Read a book

...I suppose that much thinking is based also upon the unspoken assumption that there really is a Stationary Reference Frame

https://www.google.ca/#q=universe+stationary+reference+frame

It seems rather obvious that all universal objects experience the same moment even if they are separated by relativistic distances. But what significance do you take from that?

Then it would be wrong. There isn't. Motion of an object has no meaning other than compared to another specific object.

"Remember this isn't my assertion, it's only explaining to the best of my ability what I suppose the subconscious or subliminal assumption of many others"

You'll note that I had specified, "Remember this isn't my assertion, it's only explaining to the best of my ability what I suppose the subconscious or subliminal assumption of many others"

It explains the assumption of others.

ABSTRACT

Defining space and time in a manner that agrees more with an observer who measures distance and time with particles, I create a quantum theory of space and time which is more accurate than the special theory of relativity. This new theory, called distance-time theory, predicts the following quantum principles: Heisenberg's uncertainty principle, the probabilistic location of a particle, and the collapse of this probability once a particle is observed. These principles are derived mostly independent of traditional quantum theory, and they are intrinsic properties of time and space in distance-time theory. However, special relativity theory always gives a particle's exact location and speed. This relativistic result disagrees with the quantum principles previously discussed, but it agrees with classical physics. Special relativity theory is a classical theory, while distance-time theory is a quantum theory. Nevertheless, distance-time theory still predicts proven special relativistic results, and there are novel testable predictions made by distance-time theory.

In cosmology, the concept of spacetime combines space and time to a single abstract universe. Mathematically it is a manifold consisting of "events" which are described by some type of coordinate system. Typically three spatial dimensions (length, width, height), and one temporal dimension (time) are required. Dimensions are independent components of a coordinate grid needed to locate a point in a certain defined "space". For example, on the globe the latitude and longitude are two independent coordinates which together uniquely determine a location. In spacetime, a coordinate grid that spans the 3+1 dimensions locates events (rather than just points in space), i.e., time is added as another dimension to the coordinate grid. This way the coordinates specify where and when events occur. However, the unified nature of spacetime and the freedom of coordinate choice it allows imply that to express the temporal coordinate in one coordinate system requires both temporal and spatial coordinates in another coordinate system. Unlike in normal spatial coordinates, there are still restrictions for how measurements can be made spatially and temporally (see Spacetime intervals). These restrictions correspond roughly to a particular mathematical model which differs from Euclidean space in its manifest symmetry.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, time was believed to be independent of motion, progressing at a fixed rate in all reference frames; however, later experiments revealed that time slows at higher speeds of the reference frame relative to another reference frame. Such slowing, called time dilation, is explained in special relativity theory. Many experiments have confirmed time dilation, such as the relativistic decay of muons from cosmic ray showers and the slowing of atomic clocks aboard a Space Shuttle relative to synchronized Earth-bound inertial clocks. The duration of time can therefore vary according to events and reference frames.

When dimensions are understood as mere components of the grid system, rather than physical attributes of space, it is easier to understand the alternate dimensional views as being simply the result of coordinate transformations.

The space-time continuum is a mathematical model that combines space and time into a single idea. This spacetime is represented by a model where space is three-dimensional and time has the role of the fourth dimension.

If one follows the model of space that Euclid had, our universe has three dimensions of space, and one dimension of time. By combining space and time into a single manifold, physicists have simplified a good deal of theory, as well as described in a simpler way, the workings of the universe at both the levels of the very large (supergalactic) and very small (subatomic).

It calls into question Ros certain aspects of time-at-a-distance if three different observers at the same time and location--Earth--have three different versions of what time it is on Mars, as I've pointed out above

In any case subconscious (or "subliminal") assumptions are often very unreliable.

In any case subconscious (or "subliminal") assumptions are often very unreliable.

Dale, some questions for you...

What assumption?

When you say "time at a distance" do you mean "time AS a distance?"

When you speak of Stationary Reference Frame, do you mean Spacetime?

What's next, doing surgery without studying medicine?

..the three person view are so convoluted and inconsistent as to be meaningless.