These are the last 3 essays (+appendix) in this anthology edited by Susan Schneider which I have enjoyed reading since May 2021. The 3 essays on time are interesting but with some difficult concepts. The first essay discusses external time vs personal time, comparing how a time traveler’s time is different from time in the outside world when he/she time travels. In the quantum physics of time Deutsch and Lockwood explain how time works in the quantum realm as opposed to what we can see in what we call the real world which is governed by classical physics, which the authors describe as false. In science fiction of epistemology Hanley discusses the concept of miracle or the supernatural, and explains how they might not make sense using three examples: time travel, other dimensions and simulations. Miracles cease to be when we find an explanation for them. The appendix is basically an amazing list of science fiction literature recommendations.
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