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Do Physicists' Block Universe Theory Mean Fate Is Fixed?

Original: The Past, Present, and Future Exist All at Once, Some Physicists Say. Does It Mean Your Fate Is Fixed?

Popular Mechanics has published a piece exploring the 'block universe' idea, in which some physicists argue that past, present and future all exist simultaneously rather than time flowing. The article asks what this would mean for free will and whether our fate is already determined, drawing on debates around Einstein's relativity and the nature of time.

Why now: The philosophical implications of timeless physics for free will spark recurring public fascination and debate

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• The Past, Present, and Future Exist All at Once, Some Physicists Say. Does It Mean Your Fate Is Fixed? · Popular Mechanics
• The Past, Present, and Future Exist All at Once, Some Physicists Say. Does It Mean Your Fate Is Fixed? · Popular Mechanics

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