What Is Time?

What is time? We are seemingly embedded within and surrounded by this thing we call time. But what, really, is its nature? Is time a fundamental property of the universe, a kind of illusion, or something else entirely? Explore this fascinating subject with Turtles All the Way Down!

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0:00 Introduction
0:50 Difficulty in fully explaining time
1:22 A definition of time
1:59 Early concepts of time
2:26 General Relativity and Spacetime
3:47 Time as another dimension
6:48 Distinguishing the past, present, and future
8:40 What is existence?
9:47 Presentism
10:45 Growing Block View
11:10 Eternalism (Block Universe)
12:08 Perception of the Flow of Time
12:57 The illusion of the flow of time
13:12 Neuroscience and time's flow
14:43 Conclusion

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Links to my 3 books on physics:

Volume 1:
"Everyone's Field Guide to Physics: Volume I: The Familiar World": https://www.amazon.com/Everyones-Fiel...

Volume 2:
"Everyone's Field Guide to Physics: Volume II: The Ethereal Trinity": https://www.amazon.com/Everyones-Fiel...

Volume 3:
"Everyone's Field Guide to Physics: Volume III: The Unfamiliar World": https://www.amazon.com/Everyones-Fiel...