#4. Time Is Relative and May Not Even Exist Alexey Klementiev/iStock/Getty Images What You Were Taught Things you did are in the past, things you're going to do are in the future, things you're doing right now are currently happening no matter how hard you wish you could return that stolen cop car, and, barring the misuse of a DeLorean, we're all moving along in one direction at the same speed. Digital Vision./Digital Vision/Getty Images Old. We're all moving in the direction of old. But Really ... When physicists are doing their eggheady equations about the nature of reality, they don't factor time into it. Why? Because time doesn't matter to them. Equations work just the same if time goes forward, backward, or sideways. In fact, as far as physics is concerned, time is pretty much an illusion . Of course, it's hard to say that time is an illusion if we all experience it the same, but here's the kicker: We don't. According to Einstei...