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Entropy, Biological Evolution and the Psychological Arrow of Time
Institute for Institutional and Innovation Economics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Fachbereich Physik, AG Neurophysik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Fakultät für Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
- 1 Institute for Institutional and Innovation Economics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- 2 Fachbereich Physik, AG Neurophysik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- 3 Fakultät für Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Journal of Modern Physics·Volume 07 (2016)·Pages 228–236·Published 29 January 2016·DOI10.4236/jmp.2016.72023
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Abstract
We argue that in Universes where future and past differ only by the entropy content a psychological arrow of time pointing in the direction of entropy increase can arise from natural selection in biological evolution. We show that this effect can be demonstrated in very simple toy computer simulations of evolution in an entropy increasing or decreasing environment.
KeywordsArrow of TimeTime AsymmetryEntropyEvolution
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