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AMA | July 2023

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas

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Complexity and Gravitational Waves

This chapter explores the intricate relationship between general relativity and the emergence of complex systems such as brains from random fluctuations in the universe. It challenges conventional notions of causality by discussing how these systems might form as time reversals of their decay paths, emphasizing the implications for our understanding of zero gravity, space-time curvature, and the thermodynamic arrow of time.

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