How are past present and future events connected?

Answer: The past, present and future are linked by a continuous chain of events. The past is just a slice of the universe at an earlier location while the future is at a later location.

How can we connect the past and present?

The answer is that History is inescapable. It studies the past and the legacies of the past in the present. Far from being a ‘dead’ subject, it connects things through time and encourages its students to take a long view of such connections. All people and peoples are living histories.

Why are the past present and future all happening simultaneously?

The past, present and future are all happening simultaneously because there is only one moment in time that exists, has ever existed or will ever exist. The name we have collectively agreed upon to give to that single moment is…”NOW”. It is literally the only moment in history.

Does the past or the present exist?

The past definitely exists: we see evidence of it all the time. The present seems to exist, although it is so infinitesimal, maybe it’s just a thin film between past and future, i.e. an illusion. The future is the really tricky one.

Does the future exist without the past?

Though you can still capture the past in your memories or in your hard drive. Similarly, future doesn’t exist until T reaches to a particular point in time. When that particular point in time is reached, the future becomes the present and starts to exist. A moment later, it becomes the past, and thus again ceases to exist.

Is our understanding of the past present and future just an illusion?

Naturally, this illusion – our understanding of past, present, and future – is very convincing for us, but it’s still an illusion, we live with every day, every moment, continuously. Centuries ago, St. Augustine of Hippo, one of the world’s most influential thinkers was also occupied with the phenomenon of time and space.