Since we are all trotting out links etc.......
http://ws5.com/spacetime/Fundamental Physics.pdf
where it says.....
The laws of relativity and quantum mechanics are the pillars of our current understanding of nature "
"One of the startling general predictions of quantum field theory is the existence of anti particles such as the positron, which has the same properties as the electron but the opposite electric charge. This prediction has another striking consequence, namely that even the vacuum has structure and dynamics"
"The standard model is one of the triumphs of physics in the twentieth century"
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http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/what-is-time/
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http://www.timephysics.com/
Time is a real phenomenon a continuous change through which we live. Time becomes evident through motion; sunrise sunsets,
night and day, the changing seasons, the movement of the celestial bodies all is indicative of continuous change. The aging process
is a reminder that molecular motion and interactions are also at work and are a part of time. Other important aspect of time is
presence of motion of particles like photon and the motion at the atomic level.
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http://www.livescience.com/29081-time-real-illusion-smolin.html
Controversially, Physicist Argues Time Is Real:
Over time, though, Smolin became convinced not only that time was real, but that this notion could be the key to understanding the laws of nature.
"If laws are outside of time, then they're inexplicable," he said. "If law just simply is, there's no explanation. If we want to understand law … then law must evolve, law must change, law must be subject to time. Law then emerges from time and is subject to time rather than the reverse."
Smolin admitted there are objections to this idea, especially what he calls "the meta-law dilemma:" If physical laws are subject to time, and evolve over time, then there must be some larger law that guides their evolution. But wouldn't this law, then, have to be beyond time, to determine how the other laws change with time? Other physicists have cited this objection in reaction to Smolin's work.
"The problem I see with the argument for laws that evolve in time is one that you yourself identify in the book: what you call the 'meta-laws dilemma,'" Columbia University physicist Peter Woit wrote on his blog Not Even Wrong. "You speculate a bit in the book on ways to resolve this, but I don't see a convincing answer to the criticism that whatever explanation you come up with for what determines how laws evolve, I’m free to characterize that as just another law."
Smolin admitted this is currently a sticking point, but maintained that there are possible solutions.
"I believe you can resolve the meta-law dilemma," Smolin said at the Rubin event. "I think the direction of 21st-century cosmology will depend on the right way to resolve the meta-law dilemma."
Smolin and Meck discussed the consequences of his idea, including what it means for our understanding of human consciousness and free will. One implication of the idea that time is an illusion is the notion that the future is just as decided as the past.
"If I think the future's already written, then the things that are most valuable about being human are illusions along with time," Smolin said. "We still aspire to make choices in life. That is a precious part of our humanity. If the real metaphysical picture is that there are just atoms moving in the void, then nothing is ever new and nothing's ever surprising — it's just the rearrangement of atoms. There's a loss of responsibility as well as a loss of human dignity."
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