The Mathematical Reality: Why Space and Time Are an Illusion
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | The Mathematical Reality: Why Space and Time Are an Illusion |
| Author(s) | Alexander Unzicker |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2020-02-16 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | space, time, fundamental constants |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"The Mathematical Reality: Why Space and Time Are an Illusion" is an article by Alexander Unzicker published on 16 February 2020 on Beyond Mainstream, introducing his book of the same name.
Unzicker argues that a rational description of nature must dispense with fundamental constants altogether, and that puzzles posed by Einstein and Dirac — the meaning of those constants above all — remain unsolved. His deeper claim is that the problem lies further down than any particular theory: the concepts of space and time themselves, the basis of physics since Newton, may be fundamentally unsuited to describing reality precisely because they are so readily available to human perception.