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#521 - Sabine Hossenfelder - Life's Mysteries, Explained By Physics

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Why Can't You Go Back in Time?

In our current theories, time is the dimension. It's not that there's one particular moment, which we call the present moment, that is special in any regard. And so if you were allowed to do it a second time, then that could lead to all kinds of causes. This is the usual problem with time travel, I'm afraid. So that it's not going to happen.

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