On: Why the Flow of Time Is an Illusion

[DiffEq]

Here is the crux. Time IS motion. We measure this motion of objects relative to one another by comparing their motion to a standard set of things in motion called a clock. There is nothing else to time except that; but it is real, as real as anything, it is not an illusion.

[monkeydreams → DiffEq]

> Time IS motion.

Relatively speaking, yes.

> There is nothing else to time except that; but it is real, as real as anything, it is not an illusion.

The article isn't claiming time is an illusion, only our perception of it flowing.

[sridca → DiffEq]

Yes, it is the sense of time moving that is an illusion; Time itself is a fact, and can be measured.

[empath75 → DiffEq]

No clocks, no time, right?

[klank → DiffEq]

> [time] is real, as real as anything, it is not an illusion.

Now the arrow of time on the other hand...