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(In »Intensities and phenomena in a relationalist universe«)

We quite simply must disregard all these beautiful speculations and accept that time is a radically different phenomenon from space. Mathematics shows no regard for empirical reality in this case. That time travels backwards with the same ease as forwards in the world of mathematics only proves one thing; namely that mathematics is constructed by Platonists who are more interested in a theory of an immutable idea than in empirical evidence that speaks of a mutable world. If mathematics were correct about time, time would then of course, by logical necessity, be an illusion. Both Newton and Einstein are swept along by the elegance of mathematism’s tautological trap and allow themselves to be really convinced about precisely this, that time is an illusion. They do this in spite of the fact that their faith in mathematics’ scientific robustness lacks empirical support. They open the door to what we call Newtonian-Einsteinian mysticism.