Fundamental physics has long strongly suggested that time is not a basic property of the universe. It is a local emergent byproduct of quantum interaction.
We still need more experimental proof for the math though, and it's starting to come in.
Here's a short piece discussing an experiment that really opens up how the emergence of time can work:
https://phys.org/news/2026-06-scientist-miniuniverse-clock.html
And of course, time emergence has zero to do with human thought.
#physics #philosophy #science #quantum
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