"Proposed Theory: Time as the Fundamental Explanation for Life and Consciousness in Physics"
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Physicists are creating a new physics of life that may soon provide answers to the difference between living and dead matter. The key to understanding why life is not explainable in current physics may be to reconsider our notions of time as the key difference between the universe as described by Newton and that of Darwin. A newly proposed theory of physics called assembly theory treats the shortest path to build an object from its elementary building blocks as an intrinsic property of the object. If the theory holds, it will force a radical rethink on time in physics and may be the critical insight needed to explain what life is.
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