All of us have wished to be able to `freeze` time to stop in happy moments or to not have to face sadness and separation in advance.
But can we really stop time?
First, we must define what the concept of time is.
“Many physics equations do not distinguish the difference between past, present and future,” Carroll added.
The famous theory of relativity showed that time could be “quantified” in a complicated and difficult way because it depended on how fast one observer was moving relative to another.
But that’s not really a way to stop time.
For Carroll, finding a way to stop time made no sense.
That’s why in fantasy movies, when superheroes pause time, everything and everyone around them must also stand still.
But that’s not the end yet.
If we take the problem beyond the physical scope, time is not just something that is read on a clock.
Craig Callender said each person’s subjective impression of time makes the question `Can time stop?`
There is a famous psychological illusion called `chronostasis`.
This illusion appears in connection with eye movements called saccades.
“If we are just talking about our subjective sense of time, we can “freeze” it for a while by creating the illusion of chronostasis for ourselves.