Time and Reality
Our experience of reality is deeply tied to the passage of time; yet, physics suggests that time may not flow as we intuitively believe. Theories in relativity and quantum mechanics reveal that time can stretch, compress, or even lose its conventional meaning at cosmic or quantum scales. Philosophers debate presentism—the idea that only the present is real—versus eternalism, which holds that past, present, and future all coexist equally. These differing views challenge our understanding of change, causality, and existence itself.