Why Time Doesn't Actually Flow (And What That Means for How We Live)
Why Time Doesn't Actually Flow (And What That Means for How We Live) The "Deep Dive" (Focus on the 4-Layer Theory) We often feel like we are swimming in a river of time—moving from a vanished past into an unwritten future. But modern physics suggests something radically different: The river is frozen. The "block" is fixed. I’ve been going down a deep rabbit hole exploring the intersection of Quantum Mechanics, General Relativity, and Neuroscience to understand the "Hard Problem of Time." Here is the "Four-Layer Theory" of reality that reconciles what we feel with what we know: 1. The Foundation (Timelessness): At the quantum gravity level, time doesn't exist. The universe is a static state of pure potential. 2. The Mechanism (Entanglement): Time emerges only as a measure of correlation between quantum systems. It’s relational, not fundamental. 3. The Stage (The Block Universe): At the macroscopic level, the past, present, and future exi...