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This guy uses rather confusing descriptions of his theories and ideas. I respect his approach but other are much better in explaining these topics.
by rbrbr 8y ago
This guy uses rather confusing descriptions of his theories and ideas. I respect his approach but other are much better in explaining these topics.
- keithpeter 8y agoRovelli mentions his paper from 2009 with the title 'Forget Time' in the video. The paper can be downloaded from [1]. I enjoyed the presentation. Talking for an hour on this kind of material with just a piece of string and a couple of watches is fairly impressive. The thought experiment with the wooden box and green/red balls (in two size categories unrelated to their colour) was thought provoking. I'd like to see someone define/construct two sets of macrostates that give a different time scales in a system with one set of microstates. For all I know someone may have actually done that. The paper referenced does have a section on the 'thermal time hypothesis'. [1] https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3832 https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3832