I wouldn't judge Seth's paper without having read it because he's a very smart guy. But
this popular article is wrong when it says, "In the new story of the arrow of time, it is
the loss of information through quantum entanglement, rather than a subjective lack of
human knowledge, that drives a cup of coffee into equilibrium with the surrounding room."
Sure, there's loss of information through entanglement and that makes the process
irreversible FAPP; but what makes the coffee equilibrate, i.e. cool to room temperature,
is the loss of *energy* to the surroundings.
Brent
On 4/17/2014 2:52 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140416-times-arrow-traced-to-quantum-source/
I like the idea, but am two naive in theoretical physics to have an informed opinion.
Would more knowledgable people care to comment?
At first sight, this seems very much inline with Bruno's ideas.
Best,
Telmo.
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