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Originally Posted by TracyCoxx
Free will is an illusion. If Einstein is correct (and his theories haven't failed a test yet) then time is merely another dimension. In which case the future already exists, we just cannot perceive it from our position in spacetime.
Why can't we perceive it yet and remember the future? Because the 2nd law of thermodynamics means that the chemical reactions that create memories in our brains only work in one direction in time.
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Sorry TracyCoxx, but you are borrowing concepts from one area of science and using them to postulate an idea in another.
The second law of thermodynamics ( for the benefit of readers who haven't come across it ) basically states that Heat Transfer through a physical medium always results in a loss of energy, however small, e.g. Work-in does not equal Work-out.
Apat from the fact that the chemistry of synapses which must be involved in the transfer of memory from one location to another is still really not very well understood, let alone the amounts of heat involved in the transition process, stored memory in the brain appears to operate on an entirely different principle. So while it can be destroyed by applied heat, its existence may not depend on the levels of hat within the cranial cavity. A simple example is that of Brain-cooling to enhance a surgical procedure. Unless the temperature change is really extreme, the individual's recall is relatively undiminished.
As far as Chemical Reactions go, as I am sure you already know, there is a multitude of examples of Reversible Reactions resulting in clearly functional products.
If the future involves, as you seem to be saying, a vector process in the Time dimension, then there is absolutely no reason why the vectors involved should not assume negatives values of some sort.
Personally I am not convinced that Einsteinian concepts should be identified so casually with Chemical or Physiological processes.
Perhaps you would care to expand your ideas a little more ?
