“Time doesn't actually pass—we're trapped in an eternal present and memory is a comforting lie”
Agree
- Physics suggests time may be illusion
- Only ever experience the now moment
- Past and future exist only in mind
- Linear time is how we cope
Disagree
- Change clearly happens in observable reality
- Memory has physical basis in brain
- Causality requires temporal flow to exist
- Lived experience proves time's reality
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