In his introduction he points out that
“.. the basic laws of physics, from classical Newtonian dynamics to relativity and quantum physics, does not include any distinction between past and future.. there is no arrow of time.
Yet, everywhere - in chemistry, geology, cosmology, biology, and the human sciences - past and future play different roles. How can the arrow of time emerge from what physics describes as a time-symmetrical world? This is the time paradox, one of the central concerns of this book.”
I’m looking forward to getting into this. This question of whether time is real has been coming to the fore for me recently. When I submit to being present, I experience that there only is this moment, that time is an illusion. Yet, it seems to be also true that my past repeats itself over and over.
I hope to report further on what more Prigogine has to say about this.
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