There's "digital physics" which goes back to the late 60s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics. The conn

There's "digital physics" which goes back to the late 60s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_physics. The connection between heat/entropy and time is well explored. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_as_an_arrow_of_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_as_an_arrow_of_time