At first glance it reminds me of an old paper I read on causal entropic forces, [1] which is kind of a thermodynamic approach to understanding the emergence of

At first glance it reminds me of an old paper I read on causal entropic forces, [1] which is kind of a thermodynamic approach to understanding the emergence of complex behaviors. I've always had that in the back of my mind as an idea I'd never have the time or resources to investigate further. [1] https://www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2013-04-emergence-complex-behaviors-causal-entropic.amp https://www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2013-04-emergence...