TIME

While the notion of time as a fundamental absolute entity is widely accepted, some physicists and philosophers argue that time may be an illusion or a construct and not an underlying aspect of the universe. They propose that time could be an emergent property arising from the basic structure of the universe or from our perception and interaction with it. Developments in physics suggest the non-existence of time is an open possibility and one that should be taken seriously. Perhaps what physics is communicating to us is that causality and not time is the basic feature of the cosmos. The concept of time itself is contradictory. Events in time are described as having properties of past, present and future, which are inherently incompatible. Loop quantum gravity proposes that spacetime is not a continuous fabric but rather made up of discreet units, potentially eliminating time as a separate dimension. The idea that time doesn't exist often refers to the philosophical and scientific view that time as we know it, a forward moving linear progression may not be a part of reality.