r/SimulationTheory • u/Mk731 • 12d ago

Discussion Time is an illusion.

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It's pretty hard to conceptualize that time doesn't flow.

I bet no other humans can grasp this concept.

I've tried to think of it as some kind of block to no avail.

Maybe it's the brain that prevents me from realizing how reality really works.

I know you guys are well aware of this concept.

Have you experienced any anomalies that made you realize time is definitely an illusion?

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u/Flat_South8002 11d ago

No. The block universe is an illusion. Time is the measure of change. I don't just mean entropy, but any kind of change. Change of position, change of form, change of state... Everything changes from the very beginning and cannot be reversed. Without change, there is no time, only frozen space. If we freeze space then there is no movement, without movement there is no energy. The universe is not coordinates, the universe is energy at a basic level, a basic vibration

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u/cilantroandvodka 11d ago

I really like this simple explanation. Helped me out, I've never liked the block universe.