Andy TsengJun 8, 2025
@miquai.bsky.social and Robert Hazen explore a bold new law of nature: complexity steadily rises - not just in biology, but in everything from rocks to life. A fascinating weekend read. Thoughts welcome. #Science #Biology #Evolution #LawsOfNature #FunctionalInformation #ResearchSky #WeekendReads

A New Law of Nature Attempts t...
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Michael Gisiger Jul 9, 2024

I find this very fascinating!

“We think there's a missing law, a second arrow of time [apart from the one the second law of thermodynamics describes] that describes this increase in order, and we think it has to do with an increase in information. So there are two possibilities. We could just be wrong. We could be terribly wrong, dramatically wrong. But I think, if we're wrong, we're wrong in a very interesting way. And I think, if we're right, it's profoundly important.”

https://bigthink.com/the-well/the-second-arrow-of-time/

#physics #time #science #evolution #FunctionalInformation

Is there a second arrow of time? New research says yes

“We could be wrong. But if we are right, it’s profoundly important.” Leading mineralogist Dr. Robert Hazen on the missing law of nature that could explain why life emerges.

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