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There fact that is not a consequence of statistics is that we observe the universe to not be in the state of maximal entropy. That is sufficient to explain asym

by ilyagr 10y ago

There fact that is not a consequence of statistics is that we observe the universe to not be in the state of maximal entropy. That is sufficient to explain asymmetry of time, I think. The mystery is -- why wasn't the universe in a state of maximal entropy at time 0?

Russell91 10y ago
Elon Musk hadn't started his simulation yet /s
smaddox 10y ago
The anthropic principle requires any self-reflective universe to not be in a state of maximum entropy. If our universe where in a state of maximum entropy, there would be no one around to ask.