From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/2/2026 12:09 PM, Dude wrote:   
   > On 2/1/2026 3:56 PM, Dude wrote:   
   >> The question: Is Time a fundamental part of Reality?   
   >>   
   >> "One of the earliest cracks appeared in black hole physics. When   
   >> Stephen Hawking showed that black holes emit thermal radiation, it   
   >> raised a disturbing possibility: information about whatever falls into   
   >> a black hole might be permanently lost as heat.   
   >>   
   >> That conclusion conflicted with quantum mechanics, which demands that   
   >> the entirety of information be preserved.   
   >>   
   >> Resolving this tension forced physicists to confront a deeper truth.   
   >> Information is not optional. If we want a full description of the   
   >> universe that includes quantum mechanics, information cannot simply   
   >> disappear without undermining the foundations of physics.   
   >>   
   >> This realization had profound consequences. It became clear that   
   >> information has thermodynamic cost, that erasing it dissipates energy,   
   >> and that storing it requires physical resources." - Florian Neukart,   
   >> Leiden University, Jan 29, 2026   
   >>   
   >> https://studyfinds.org/is-time-reality-physics-revolution/   
   >  >   
   > Time goes by quickly when you're having fun. Time passes slowly when   
   > you're bored.   
   >   
   > Wait! What?   
   >   
   > If time moves on, where does it go?   
    >   
   Time.   
      
   Time for a reality check on the most basic feature of reality. And yet,   
   for more than a century, physics has struggled to say what time actually   
   is; is it curved, like Einstein said?   
      
   "Seconds tick, days pass and everything from planetary motion to human   
   memory seems to unfold along a single, irreversible direction.   
      
   We are born and we die, in exactly that order. We plan our lives around   
   time, measure it obsessively and experience it as an unbroken flow from   
   past to future. It feels so obvious that time moves forward that   
   questioning it can seem almost pointless."   
      
     https://studyfinds.org/is-time-reality-physics-revolution/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)