[HN Gopher] New theory suggests time is an illusion created by q...
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       New theory suggests time is an illusion created by quantum
       entanglement
        
       Author : tlogan
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2024-06-03 21:19 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | Khelavaster wrote:
       | Time has quantum oscillations as it's lowest unit of measure.
       | This is alright.
        
       | vintermann wrote:
       | When they built up this physical theory, they assumed things
       | about time, like that one thing happens after another, countless
       | -- well -- countless _times_.
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       | There is no way to not do that.
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       | So it's pointless to say "time is an illusion". It's a basic
       | category of thought.
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       | But whatever to get hype for your paper, I guess...
        
       | SillyUsername wrote:
       | Loving this throw away comment without any context:
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       | "the only reason that an object appears to change over time is
       | because it is entangled with a clock ... anyone observing the
       | universe externally would see it as completely ... unchanging"
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       | How is a clock unchanging? Perhaps it's needs winding, maybe
       | somebody pulled the plug, who knows, but that's the only kind of
       | clock I know that doesn't change.
        
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