Perception of Time & the Probability Wave: Is It Illusory?

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If the probability wave of say an electron is smeared throughout the entire universe and all matter is subject to relative time experience, could this give cause to believe that our subjective perception of time is irrelevant to this question or to the opposite effect that past, present and future are illusory? Maybe something else entirely?
 
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I believe that from what I have read that many physicist do feel that the flow of time is an illusion. The past, present, and future would still be real, but they would be relative. For example 2020 would be the future relative to myself at this moment, but 2020 would be the present relative to someone in the future. According to general relativity all time exist all at once in one eternal moment.