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Time is a result of entropy. Which is an inherent property of everything in the universe. From when light transmits the first existence of anything to when it r
by treebeard901 2y ago
Time is a result of entropy. Which is an inherent property of everything in the universe. From when light transmits the first existence of anything to when it returns to nothing after entropy runs its course. Time is just a measurement of degradation.
- wordpad 2y agowhy dose entropy (and time) have a direction, though? This is famously referred to as "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov
- MattPalmer1086 2y agoI have never understood this, it seems backwards to me. We notice that entropy tends to increase over time, and then say that entropy is a fundamental cause of time? The increase of entropy is a statistical certainty given a causal ordering of events, no new fundamental properties required. It is certainly true that the increase of entropy gives a measurable direction to the arrow of time, i.e. the future is where entropy is higher. But I cannot fathom how entropy is anything more than a statistical effect.