Questions tagged [arrow-of-time]

A concept related to the asymmetry of time, usually related to the second law of thermodynamics, which says that entropy always either increases or stays the same.

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Is this an adequate resolution of the "paradox" of the arrow of time?

From time to time I encounter things on the internet about physics mysteries concerning the "arrow of time". It is held that the laws of physics at a microscopic level are the same regardless of which of two directions time runs, but at a…
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Evolution and the arrow of time

I don't want to ask about potential resolutions to the arrow of time. On the contrary, I want to take it as a given that it is the case for the universe, but then ask a rather odd question about its applicability (or lack thereof) to the surface of…
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What could it mean to have "memories" of the thermodynamic future?

Edit -> Editing as the original question seemed generic, ambiguous and susceptible to being misconstrued for pseudoscience (astrology,etc) --- Essentially what I am saying is this : a) If you face an object, let the light reflected off it enter your…
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