Is time an illusion?

Is time an illusion?

The greatest trick the universe ever pulled was convincing us that time exists. Amanda Gefter breaks the spell

There is no doubt that the speech delivered by the US Vice President in Munich, in which he read the booklet to Europe, represented a dramatic turning point in transatlantic relations. Former French Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dominique Villepin, certainly described it as “the end of an illusion” (1). The illusion of a Europe, added the diplomat, “protected at the lowest cost by a stable yet reliable transatlantic alliance.” It is an evo…