“Time does not exist” is a controversial statement for several reasons. Aside from the fact that if it were proposed a few centuries ago it would have been deemed cause for involuntary commitment; the remark disputes itself. Since the ages when Socrates and Plato implored others to question their surroundings, establishing the field of philosophy, people have neglected to attain an answer to a question involving one of the most fundamental properties that fosters all existence, what is time? “The Arrow of Time? It’s All in Our Heads”, by Robert Lanza is an article that seeks to spark the Socrates in all of us. Lanza outlines the way we perceive time and how it ties in with its quantum and physiological components.
In order to understand the theories recited in the article it is necessary to free the mind from the bias of common sense. On the quantum scale, which regards small particles such as electrons, many of the common “Rules” of physics and how things work do not apply. An example from the article states,
As the author points out, the field of quantum physics discovered and maintains that wave functions exist in all possible states until they are introduced to an aware observer. An "Observer" can be anything animate (your own eyes) or inanimate such as a measuring instrument (video camera), that possesses some sort of …show more content…
The paper continues to read, “Einstein’s theories of relativity suggest not only that there is no single special present but that all moments are equally real.” (“The Arrow of Time”, 2016). Lanza finished the article stating that time is all in our heads and that the future/past exist all at once. The idea of growing old is nothing but an illusion created by our consciousness. Since we as humans have the ability to store memories of past events, we perceive time as moving forward. However, if we were experiencing the future we wouldn’t know it because once we go back in time they would erase. DÉJÀ
In order to understand the theories recited in the article it is necessary to free the mind from the bias of common sense. On the quantum scale, which regards small particles such as electrons, many of the common “Rules” of physics and how things work do not apply. An example from the article states,
As the author points out, the field of quantum physics discovered and maintains that wave functions exist in all possible states until they are introduced to an aware observer. An "Observer" can be anything animate (your own eyes) or inanimate such as a measuring instrument (video camera), that possesses some sort of …show more content…
The paper continues to read, “Einstein’s theories of relativity suggest not only that there is no single special present but that all moments are equally real.” (“The Arrow of Time”, 2016). Lanza finished the article stating that time is all in our heads and that the future/past exist all at once. The idea of growing old is nothing but an illusion created by our consciousness. Since we as humans have the ability to store memories of past events, we perceive time as moving forward. However, if we were experiencing the future we wouldn’t know it because once we go back in time they would erase. DÉJÀ