Confusion surrounds the nature of time. The physicist Nicolas Gisin argues that the problem is mathematical. In recent papers, he claims that math with finite numbers describes a universe in which time passes and the future is open. New by me: https://www.quantamagazine.org/does-time-really-flow-new-clues-come-from-a-century-old-approach-to-math-20200407/
Weird that two videos presenting the deterministic, "time is an illusion" worldview have crossed my feed just today. https://bbc.com/reel/video/p086tg3k/the-physics-that-suggests-we-have-no-free-will and https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/1247177179173175298?s=20