David Albert's account of the thermodynamic arrow of time, arguing that the direction of time derives from the Past Hypothesis — the universe's special low-entropy initial condition.
The Past Hypothesis framework: time's arrow is not a fundamental feature of physics but emerges from the special initial conditions of the universe. The Mentaculus: a complete probability distribution over the history of the universe based on the Past Hypothesis and the principle of indifference.
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