Originally Posted By: Orac
If time is emergent to a QM universe it is by definition fundemental to that QM universe. Whether it is fundemental to something deeper behind that universe is another question entirely.


I think that the definition you need to think about there is probaby "emergent".
Originally Posted By: Wikipedia
In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence is conceived as a process whereby larger entities, patterns, and regularities arise through interactions among smaller or simpler entities that themselves do not exhibit such properties.


In this definition the 'smaller or simpler entities' have to exist before the emergent property can exist. I have to agree with Bill. If time is emergent then it can't exist without the existence of something else.

Bill Gill

C is not the speed of light in a vacuum.
C is the universal speed limit.