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My favorite folk explanation of general relativity (due to J. A. Wheeler I think) is: people think if all matter disappeared, space and time would remain, but GR says, if all matter disappeared, space and time would disappear too
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I made up an analogous explanation of subjective time experience: people think that if all events disappeared, they would experience a flat, featureless flow of time. No, when events disappear, time experience disappears too.
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