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Is Time Real?

Is Time Real?

Some physicists and philosophers would say no, time is an illusion; time is not real. How can that be? Is our sense of time all wrong?

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Sum was selected as Book of the Week by both The Guardian newspaper and The Week newsmagazine.

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Read a profile of David in The New Yorker: The Possibilian: What a brush with death taught David Eagleman about the mysteries of time and the brain by Burkhard Bilger.
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New Scientist time story

New Scientist magazine features David Eagleman's time perception research as their cover story.newscicover2

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