The New Thermodynamic Understanding of Clocks | Quanta Magazine
Investigations of the simplest possible clocks have revealed their fundamental limitations — as well as insights into the nature of time itself.
Hasnain says:
““What we’ve done is to show that even if time is a perfect, classical and smooth parameter governing time evolution of quantum systems,” Huber said, “we would only be able to track its passage” imperfectly, through stochastic, irreversible processes. This invites a question, he said: “Could it be that time is an illusion and smooth time is an emergent consequence of us trying to put events into a smooth order? It is certainly an intriguing possibility that is not easily dismissed.””
Posted on 2022-04-11T01:03:31+0000