What Is Time? | Professor Sean Carroll Explains Presentism and Eternalism
August 7, 2018
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as posted by the channelIt's said that the clock is always ticking, but there's a chance that it isn't. The theory of "presentism" states that the current moment is the only thing that's real, while "eternalism" is the belief that all existence in time is equally real. Find out if the future is really out there and predictable—just don't tell us who wins the big game next year.
This video is episode two from the series "Mysteries of Modern Physics: Time," presented by Sean Carroll.
Learn more about the physics of time at
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