{"id":233664,"date":"2026-03-19T19:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/quantum-entanglement-and-the-illusion-of-time-in-79-minutes"},"modified":"2026-03-19T19:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:04:18","slug":"quantum-entanglement-and-the-illusion-of-time-in-79-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/quantum-entanglement-and-the-illusion-of-time-in-79-minutes","title":{"rendered":"Quantum entanglement and the illusion of time, in 79 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8xp3Bs6nZ-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: <a href=\"https:\/\/bigthink.com\/membership\/?utm_\">https:\/\/bigthink.com\/membership\/?utm_<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Preorder Jim Al-Khalili\u2019s forthcoming book, On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe, here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Time-Physics-T?tag=lifeboatfound-20\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Time-Physics-T?tag=lifeboatfound-20<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Up next.<br \/> Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality | Full Interview \u25ba \u2022 Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality |\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Time feels obvious, but physics tells a stranger story about its existence: Theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili explores why our sense of time may be incredibly misleading, including the idea that past, present, and future might all exist at once.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 Chapter 1: Does time flow?<br \/> 2:42 Why Time Feels Faster as We Age.<br \/> 3:56 Time and Change in Philosophy and Physics.<br \/> 5:28 Einstein and the End of Absolute Time.<br \/> 6:19 Time in the Equations of Physics.<br \/> 7:50 Chapter 2: How do we reconcile quantum field theory with the general theory of relativity?<br \/> 12:10 Evidence for Time Dilation: Muons.<br \/> 14:29 Gravity Slows Time: General Relativity.<br \/> 19:22 Space-Time and the Block Universe.<br \/> 21:55 Does Time Really Exist?<br \/> 26:33 The Debate: Eternalism vs Presentism.<br \/> 34:12 Chapter 3: Is There a \u201cNow\u201d?<br \/> 40:40 Chapter 4: Why Does Thermodynamics Have a Direction in Time?<br \/> 49:38 Quantum Entanglement and the Direction of Time.<br \/> 55:10 Did Time Begin at the Big Bang?<br \/> 45:00 Will Time End?<br \/> 1:05:40 Chapter 5: Is Time Travel Possible?<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https:\/\/bigthink.com\/membership\/?utm_\u2026 Preorder Jim Al-Khalili\u2019s forthcoming book, On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe, here: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Time-Physics-T?tag=lifeboatfound-20\u2026 Up next. Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality | Full Interview \u25ba \u2022 Brian Cox: The quantum roots of reality |\u2026 Time [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,41,1617,1515],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cosmology","category-information-science","category-quantum-physics","category-time-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}