Timeline for Is this an adequate resolution of the "paradox" of the arrow of time?
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| Oct 14, 2016 at 23:14 | comment | added | Count Iblis | The breaking of time reversal symmetry and the implied low entropy initial conditions doesn't resolve the problem, it leads to the Boltzmann brain problem in a rather generic way. | |
| Oct 12, 2016 at 18:30 | comment | added | Count Iblis | @MichaelHardy Yes, but then most of the universe is at low entropy relative to where it would be had it been at thermal equilibrium. The size of the low entropy area is huge, at least the size of the visible universe. | |
| Oct 11, 2016 at 23:07 | comment | added | Michael Hardy | But I meant it's a low-entropy area. That's why it's radiating energy. However, isn't the size of the "Bang" inessential? | |
| Oct 11, 2016 at 22:47 | comment | added | Count Iblis | @MichaelHardy The entropy of the Sun and its surroundings is increasing. A truly downward fluctuation in the entropy would be exceptionally rare, this is considered in detail in this paper. | |
| Oct 11, 2016 at 22:42 | comment | added | Michael Hardy | Would the sun be an example of the sort of "small local downward fluctuation of the entropy" that you have in mind? $\qquad$ | |
| Oct 11, 2016 at 22:40 | history | answered | Count Iblis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |