Sort of, but where this is set with inflation. The patch on the dS
spacetime corresponding to the observable universe quantum tunnels from a
low entropy configuration into a spacetime with a very high entropy bound.
So this departure set into motion around the first 10^{-35}sec of this
world and lasted 10^{-30}sec.
LC
On Friday, October 16, 2020 at 2:42:25 AM UTC-5 Jason wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 1:47 AM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 4:51:13 PM UTC-6, Jason wrote:
>>>
>>> I noticed that Victor Stenger's position on entropy, as described here:
>>> https://arxiv.org/pdf/1202.4359.pdf on page 7, appears to be the same
>>> as described by the cosmologist David Layzer in a 1975 issue of Scientific
>>> American:
>>> https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/assets/media/pdf/2008-05-21_1975-carroll-story.pdf
>>>
>>> The basic idea, which is described graphically here:
>>> https://www.informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/layzer/arrow_of_time.html
>>>
>>> It is a counter-argument to the commonly expressed idea that the
>>> universe began in a low entropy state. Rather, it explains how the
>>> expansion of the universe increases the state of maximum possible entropy.
>>> If the universe expands more quickly than an equilibrium can be reached,
>>> then there is room for complexity (information / negative entropy) to
>>> increase.
>>>
>>> Why is it that the "low entropy" myth is so persistent, and this
>>> alternate explanation is so little known? Some physicists, such as Penrose
>>> are still looking for alternate explanations for the special low entropy
>>> state. What fraction of physicists are aware of Stenger's/Layzer's view?
>>> Does it appear in any physics textbooks? Has it been refuted?
>>>
>>> Jason
>>>
>>
>> *If the very early universe is a hot photon gas, wouldn't that be a very
>> high entropy initial condition? Why would anyone think the initial state is
>> low entropy? AG*
>>
>>
>>
>
> Entropy could begin at or near it's maximum, but if the maximum entropy
> grows faster than the actual entropy, it provides room for entropy to grow.
> See: https://informationphilosopher.com/solutions/scientists/layzer/
>
>
>
> Jason
>
>
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