User:Randall Lee Reetz

I am interested in the causal intersection of thermodynamics, information theory, evolution, and computation theory. In particular, I am interested in entropy. Entropy, or the second law of thermodynamics, seems to stand alone as the only domain independent attribute of change. My interests are purely scientific. All of my work is Standard Model compliant. None of it demands new science. I work towards a domain-independent, accurate, and robust, yet compact abstraction of causality. I work towards an understanding of evolution as the precipitate of the dynamics formalised by the second law of thermodynamics. Darwin did a fair job describing the "how" of evolution within the domain of biology. I seek a general understanding of the causal dynamics that result in pockets of greater complexity presumably at the cost of greater total universal simplicity. I seek to a description of the "why" of evolution independent of domain. It fascinates me that the second law is the only scientific formalism in which prediction gets more accurate the longer it is calculated (the asymptote of heat death) and is the only formalism for which the accuracy of the final prediction is absolutely agnostic to initial state or knowledge of the initial state.