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Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

31 July 2019

We assume our senses see reality as it is - but that could be just an evolved illusion obscuring the true workings of quantum theory and consciousness

The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension

3 July 2019

We all feel the passing of time, but nothing in physics suggests it is a fundamental property of the universe. So where does our sense of time’s flow come from?

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