How is time an illusion?

According to theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, time is an illusion: our naive perception of its flow doesn't correspond to physical reality. He posits that reality is just a complex network of events onto which we project sequences of past, present and future.

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Regarding this, can time be stopped?

The simple answer is, "Yes, it is possible to stop time. All you need to do is travel at light speed." Special Relativity pertains specifically to light. The fundamental tenet is that light speed is constant in all inertial reference frames, hence the denotation of "c" in reference to light. In respect to this, is reality an illusion? The further quantum physicists peer into the nature of reality, the more evidence they are finding that everything is energy at the most fundamental levels. Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one. What else can we do in the face of what scientists have discovered about reality? It's unbelievable!

In respect to this, is mind an illusion?

Human consciousness is the same, says Dennett. "It's the brain's 'user illusion' of itself," he says. It feels real and important to us but it just isn't a very big deal. "The brain doesn't have to understand how the brain works". Also, is everything we see a hallucination? Everything we perceive, including ourselves, are simulacrums of reality. The takeaway here is this wild thought: we are always hallucinating.

One may also ask do we only see 1% of the world?

Humans can only see1% of the visible light spectrum, which means we can only see 1% of what is going on around us. In other wards, we are unable (a see the Vast 99% of the world we live in!