Why Our Common Sense About Time Is Wrong
Time feels like a constant, uniform flow that carries everything from the past into the future. People experience it as an intimate rhythm, much like fish living in water. However, modern physics reveals that this familiar perception is an illusion. Just as the Earth looks flat despite being a sphere, time does not function the way it appears to the human senses.
Scientific discovery has slowly stripped away the layers of what is called time, showing it is not a simple or fundamental structure. Instead, it is a collection of approximations created by a specific human perspective. When these layers are removed, the world is revealed as a landscape where time as it is commonly understood does not exist. The true mystery lies in how a world without time produces the orderly flow humans experience. This perceived passage of time is likely a result of how living creatures interact with the cosmos, meaning the study of time is ultimately a journey toward understanding the human mind.
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