EPISODE 318 — THE ARROW OF TIME. WHY DIRECTION EMERGES FROM REGULATION, NOT FROM TIME ITSELF.

Описание: EPISODE 318 —

SCIENTIFIC THEORIES: THE ARROW OF TIME
WHY DIRECTION EMERGES FROM REGULATION, NOT FROM TIME ITSELF

The arrow of time is usually explained as the fact that time “moves forward” because entropy increases.

From a Field Mechanics perspective, time does not have a direction.

Direction emerges from regulation and coherence, not from time itself.

Time is a neutral measurement of continuity.
It does not point anywhere.

What creates direction is:
• irreversible regulation
• feedback integration
• memory accumulation
• coherence management

Systems appear to move “forward” because:
• past states are stored
• corrections are applied
• integrations cannot be undone without cost
• regulation prefers stability over reversal

This is why:
• broken systems do not spontaneously reassemble
• memories accumulate instead of erase
• learning moves one way
• evolution builds on prior structure

Not because time flows —
but because regulation is asymmetric.

Reversal is theoretically possible,
but requires:
• perfect information
• zero loss
• infinite precision

Which no real system has.

The arrow of time is:
• the direction of learning
• the direction of integration
• the direction of reduced optionality

As systems stabilize, options collapse into structure.

Time appears directional because:
• regulation leaves traces
• memory anchors continuity
• feedback locks in changes

Direction is not a property of time.
It is a property of regulated systems.

The future is not ahead.
It is what remains viable after regulation.

That is Field Mechanics