Time's Arrow Isn't Something That Flows

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Time isn't something that flows. That's not a fundamental feature of time. Time just a label on where you are in the universe. The difference between the past and the future comes exclusively because enthropy is increasing. And that's what gives time its direction, where time's arrow comes from. If you believe that is the only place the time's arrow come from, as i do, then any impression we have that time is flowing has to come from there. There's nowhere else for it to come to from.

Welcome to the September 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!

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