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Ben - [C/x]
@benersing
Help me settle a debate. Is time an invention or a discovery? No using GPTs.
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Mason Hall
@mason
Time is a discovery, since it seems to be a universal law of physics. The ways we measure time are inventions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_of_time
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Jonny Mack
@nonlinear.eth
"Physical processes at the microscopic level are believed to be either entirely or mostly time-symmetric: if the direction of time were to reverse, the theoretical statements that describe them would remain true" doesn't that statement mean it's *not* a law of physics?
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Mason Hall
@mason
My understanding is that entropy is not time-symmetric. The quote above is definitely confusing in that context. Ultimately I think that entropy is the only reason why time IS a law of physics.
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Jonny Mack
@nonlinear.eth
ah right, entropy. the second law
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Peter Ferguson
@peterferguson.eth
What does “Time is a law of physics” even mean?
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