ΔQ: The Irreversible Universe explores the possibility that time and space are emergent consequences of complementarity, irreversible distinction, thermodynamics, and finite information propagation.
Independent research into time, irreversibility, and the foundations of physics.
Preprint on Zenodo — includes ΔQ: The Irreversible Universe: Minimal Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for a Physical Universe, The Role of Time, Space, and the Speed of Light in a Physical Universe, and Time as a Monotone Labeling of the Causal Partial Order of Irreversible Distinctions.
A plain-language introduction to irreversible distinction, causal order, history, and why time and space may be emergent rather than fundamental.
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Distinction: You must have two things before you can have one. Physics begins when a difference becomes physically persistent. A distinction that cannot be preserved leaves nothing to describe.
Irreversibility: Every persistent distinction becomes part of the historical record of reality. History grows one irreversible event at a time.
Time: Time is a monotone labeling of the causal order of irreversible distinctions. Clocks count local irreversible processes; they do not create time.
Claim: Locality, spacetime, and physical structure emerge from the irreversible growth of history constrained by finite information propagation.
If that reads clean, you got the point. If not, read the preprint.