Every moment is as real as every other. Every 'now,' when you say, 'This is the real moment,' is as real as every other 'now' - and therefore all the moments are just out there. Just as every location in space is out there, I think every moment in time is out there, too.
Brian GreeneBut, as Einstein once said, โFor we convinced physicists, the distinction between past, present, and future is only an illusion, however persistent.โ5
Brian GreeneThe beauty of string theory is the metaphor kind of really comes very close to the reality. The strings of string theory are vibrating the particles, vibrating the forces of nature into existence, those vibrations are sort of like musical notes. So string theory, if it's correct, would be playing out the score of the universe.
Brian GreeneIf the theory turns out to be right, that will be tremendously thick and tasty icing on the cake.
Brian Greene