Matthew Ackerman

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So there is no single ‘present moment’, except subjectively. From the point of view of an observer at a particular moment, that moment is indeed singled out, and may uniquely be called ‘now’ by that observer, just as any position in space is singled out as ‘here’ from the point of view of an observer at that position. But objectively, no moment is privileged as being more ‘now’ than the others, just as no position is privileged as being more ‘here’ than other positions. The subjective ‘here’ may move through space, as the observer moves. Does the subjective ‘now’ likewise move through time?
The Fabric of Reality: The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its Implications
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