The situation is schizophrenic. The "Mainstream Scientific
Establishment" easily criticizes the consequences of the theory - e.g.
the block universe is almost universally rejected. At the same time
the trivial deductive rule:

"unacceptable consequences, therefore false axioms"

is, to use Orwell's terminology, an "unrule" - it does not exist, it
has never existed. There will be a conference in a few months and the
announcement sounds quite heretical:

http://wwww.uaeu.ac.ae/conferences/t...objectives.asp
"Time is a fundamental concept that eludes rigorous definition and
description and proves elusive when studied by scientists. The more we
understand the realities of time, the more it becomes obscure and
unrealizable. Modern theories in physics and cosmology dramatically
alter our views of time, but instead of clarifying the classical views
of time, modern theories add complexity to the notion of time through
the questions and paradoxes arising from the introduction of concepts
such as time travel, negative time and curved time."

Do you think the possible falsehood of the postulates of "modern
theories in physics" will be discusssed at this conference? It will
not even be hinted at.

Pentcho Valev