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Doc Morbius (moved to Glasswings)

September 4, 2021 5:48pm

If a dead planet orbits a black dwarf whilst tidally locked in an utterly dark Universe, does time exist?

Is the observer necessary?

See also:

"The New Thermodynamic Understanding of Clocks" https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-new-science-of-clocks-prompts-questions-about-the-nature-of-time-20210831/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28412135

#Time #Entropy #Clocks #ThoughtExperiments #ArrowOfTime #ArthurEddington #IfATreeFallsInAForest #physics #philosophy

The New Thermodynamic Understanding of Clocks | Quanta Magazine

Investigations of the simplest possible clocks have revealed their fundamental limitations — as well as insights into the nature of time itself.

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