It doesnt make sense to me… I know there was a past and there is a future although ‘now’ is fleeting. We measure time in days, weeks, months so how can it be an illusion? Oh and the belief that everything is happening now – what’s that about?
edit1: A lot of people are posting that time is not an illusion and where did I find that information from but there are articles where physicists state that it is. This is one:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.space.com/amp/29859-the-illusion-of-time.html
I just wanted to know if someone could explain it clearly to me and I appreciate everyone who has tried to but it seems like a bit of a tricky and complicated subject. Thanks to all who have posted a comment.
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Time does not exist as a concrete physical property the way gravity or heat do. We measure time primarily because we perceive it as humans, but other beings may not perceive it the same way or at all. Thus the passage of time is something of a shared illusion among humans. In physics it’s more of an abstract concept related to several factors, which is why time is relative- depending on those factors, time can appear to pass more slowly or more quickly. This is where Einstein’s relativity comes in.
If you want to really melt your brain, look up The Arrow of Time, or read Hawking’s *A Brief History of Time*.
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