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Does a Computer have an Arrow of Time?

Maroney, O. (2008). Does a Computer have an Arrow of Time?. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/08090081

Owen Maroney

Talk numberPIRSA:08090081
DOI10.48660/08090081
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Abstract

It has sometimes - though usually informally - been suggested that the psychological arrow can be reduced to the thermodynamic arrow through information processing properties of the brain. In this talk we demonstrate that this particular suggestion cannot succeed, as, insofar as information processing (at least in the sense of a classical computer) has an arrow of time, it is not governed by the thermodynamic arrow.