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Full Idea
Smolin observes that if entropy increases, the early universe must have been highly ordered, which we cannot explain. Maybe we need to build time directionality into the laws, instead of making time depend on entropy.
Gist of Idea
Entropy is puzzling, so we may need to build new laws which include time directionality
Source
New Scientist writers (New Scientist articles [2013], 2017.02.04)
Book Ref
-: 'New Scientist magazine' [ 2013], p.31
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