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Physicist: Tech billionaires chasing immortality waste time
18 Sep
Summary
- Prof. Al-Khalili believes seeking immortality distracts from living presently.
- He will offer a solution to the mystery of time's direction.
- Einstein's relativity suggests time travel is mathematically possible.
Physicist Prof. Jim Al-Khalili contends that the pursuit of immortality by tech billionaires is a misdirection of energy, urging focus on appreciating the present. He questions the value of extending one's finite time in the universe. Al-Khalili, a fascination with time since childhood, highlights that our common understanding differs significantly from physics' perspective.
According to Einstein's theories, time's rate varies for individuals based on speed and gravity. Al-Khalili plans to explore these concepts, including the mathematical possibility of time travel and the perplexing 'arrow of time' problem, in his upcoming Royal Institution Christmas lectures. He states he has found a solution to why time only seems to flow in one direction.
