Why Doesn’t Time Flow Backwards? (Big Picture Ep. 1/5)

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This video is about why entropy gives rise to the arrow of time, and also how the initial low-entropy condition of the universe is responsible for the fact that we experience time right now, and how ultimately it will lead to the high-entropy heat death of the universe.

REFERENCES & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

David Wallace on entropy of gravitating systems:
http://arxiv.org/pdf/0907.0659v1.pdf

Sean Carroll: The Big Picture
(more great articles about entropy, etc on his blog http://preposterousuniverse.com)

Julian Barbour et al on entropic time simulation: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/arrow-time

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