Can Time Exist Without Being Fundamental? | Chiara Marletto

*What if time is not one of the universe's most fundamental ingredients?* Chiara Marletto explains how Constructor Theory approaches physics without assuming time at its foundations. She argues that clocks, information, and possible transformations may provide a deeper framework from which time itself can emerge. 0:00 Constructor Theory Without Time 1:23 How Clocks Give Rise to Time 4:31 How Time Emerges from Correlations 6:32 Constructor Theory and the Block Universe 8:13 Testing Different Models of Time *Chiara Marletto* is a Research Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. She holds degrees from the universities of Oxford and Turin. Her main research focus is in theoretical physics, and she also pursues interests in theoretical biology, epistemology, and Italian literature. The Science of Can and Can't was her first trade book. *More from Chiara Marletto on Closer To Truth:* * Closer To Truth: The Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFJr3pJl27pLLkP0kHQKL9nZh35UkgkR_ * Closer To Truth contributors: https://closertotruth.com/contributor/chiara-marletto/ *Subscribe to Closer To Truth:* https://www.youtube.com/@CloserToTruthTV *Join the Community:* * Membership (5,000+ videos): https://closertotruth.com/register/ * Audio Podcast: https://closertotruth.podbean.com * Support the Show: https://closertotruth.com/donate/ * Official Merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/closertotruth/ *Follow Us:* * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CloserToTruthTV/ * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/closertotruth/ * X: https://x.com/CloserToTruth Closer To Truth, created and hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn, presents the world's greatest thinkers exploring humanity's deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence and sentience. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers. #CloserToTruth #Cosmos #ChiaraMarletto #NatureOfTime #ConstructorTheory