PBS Space Time

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PBS Space Time - Season 2020 Episode 39 Why Do You Remember The Past But Not The Future?


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48 minutes 2024 HD

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The laws of physics don’t specify an arrow of time - they don’t distinguish the past from the future. The equations we use to describe how things evolve forward in time also perfectly describe their evolution backwards in time. So the brain is a thing ruled by the laws of physics - why does the brain and the conscious experience that emerges from it, see the arrow of time so clearly? In other words why do we remember the past and not the future?

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