Last Thursdayism

Last Thursdayism refers to the idea that the universe may have been created last Thursday, but with the physical appearance of being billions of years old.

Last Thursdayism (sometimes Last Tuesdayism or Last Wednesdayism) refers to the idea that the universe may have been created last Thursday, but with the physical appearance of being billions of years old. Under this notion, people's memories, history books, fossils, light already on the way from distant stars, and so forth would all have been formed at the time of creation (last Thursday) in a sta  ...