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The Janus Point
This episode challenges our deepest assumptions about time, proposing it's not a fundamental flow but an emergent property of the universe's arrangements, originating from a symmetrical 'Janus Point' that sends two futures in opposite directions.
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“This episode challenges our deepest assumptions about time, proposing it's not a fundamental flow but an emergent property of the universe's arrangements, originating from a symmetrical 'Janus Point' that sends two futures in opposite directions.”
— Julian Barbour, The Janus Point
Time, Cosmology, Physics, Reality
If you've ever felt time's relentless forward march and wondered if its nature is more complex than we perceive, and this will help you see what to do next.
Julian Barbour, a theoretical physicist, has spent decades challenging conventional notions of time and gravity, offering a lifetime of independent, rigorous inquiry into the universe's most fundamental questions.