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?
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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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