Re: Time/Life/Science

["John M" <***>]

Jeff,
would it not be more decent to reverse your first sentence - since time was
known and used some years earlier than thermodynamics?
John M


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Pridaux" <***>
To: <***>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 2:08 PM
Subject: Re: Time/Life/Science


> I view time as being related to the second law of thermodynamics.  This
> gives time a direction (a progression).  Time advances as entropy
> increases.  Since macroscopically, we live in an entropy-increasing world,
> time advances for us.
>
> By this logic, time wouldn't necessarily advance at the same rate
> everywhere... (assuming the increase of entropy isn't the same
everywhere).
>
> Perhaps there exists conditions in certain parts of the world (probably
> only microscopically) where time runs the other way if entropy is
> decreasing...
>
> If only I could figure out what the next lottery drawing would be... ;)
>
> regards,
>
> Jeff