Why This Question Is So Difficult The phrase “before time” sounds natural, but it hides a logical problem. Time is the framework that allows:
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The Everyday View: The Past Is Gone In daily life, time feels like a flowing river. • The past is behind us • The present is the “now”
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The Old View: Time as Absolute Before the 20th century, scientists believed time was absolute. Newton’s Concept of Time
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What Do We Mean by “Time”? Before asking whether time is an illusion, we must define it. In everyday life, time means:
What Is a Black Hole? A black hole forms when a massive star collapses under its own gravity. Key Features • Enormous mass packed into a tiny volume
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The Mystery of Time’s Direction Time’s forward motion is often called the arrow of time—a term describing the one-way flow from past to future.
The Classical View of Time Before the 20th century, time was thought to be absolute. Newton’s Idea of Time • Time flows uniformly everywhere
What Is Chaos Theory? Chaos theory is the study of deterministic systems that are extremely sensitive to initial conditions.
What exactly is light? Is light a wave, like ripples on water? Is it a particle, like tiny bullets of energy? Or is it somehow both?
What Is a Neutron Star? A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive star that exploded in a supernova. Basic Facts
Quantum Weirdness: A Quick Reminder Before understanding decoherence, we need to recall what makes quantum mechanics strange.
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What Is Electrical Resistance? Electrical resistance is the opposition a material offers to the flow of electric current.