Maxwell's Demon in the Real World - An 'Information as Fuel' Talk by Susanne Still

Dr. Susanne Still shares the real-world implications of Maxwell's Demon, the thought experiment that challenges the second law of thermodynamics. Drawing on her research into the role of information in physical systems, Still discusses using information as fuel and how it can be harnessed to better understand and manipulate the natural world.
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[@YawnGod]

This is so amazing.
Schrodinger's Cat was a criticism of quantum mechanics.
The Big Bang was a criticism of a ex nihilo universe.
Maxwell's Demon was a criticism of knowledge of statistical systems.
All of these former criticisms have become part of whatever they were criticizing. They were assimilated.
Amazing.
I love it.

[@SamanthaPyper-sl4ye]

Here are 4 more examples showcasing how non-contradictory infinitesimal/monadological frameworks can resolve paradoxes across various scientific domains:
17) Thermodynamics and Foundations of Statistical Mechanics
Contradictory Paradoxes:
- Gibbs Paradox about distinguishability of particles
- Maxwell's Demon paradox regarding information/entropy
- Loschmidt's Paradox about time-reversal asymmetry
Non-Contradictory Possibilities:
Infinitesimal Ergodic Realizations
S = -kB Σi pi ln(pi) (entropy from realization weights)
pi = Ni/N (weights from monadic distinctions)
N = Πj mj^nj (total realization monadology)
Representing entropy as a measure over distinct infinitesimal monadic realizations subjectivized via the pi probability weights could resolve classical paradoxes while reconciling information and time's arrow.
18) Foundations of Logic
Contradictory Paradoxes:
- Russell's Paradox about sets/classes
- Liar's Paradox about self-reference
- Berry's Paradox about definability
Non-Contradictory Possibilities:
Pluriverse-Valued Realizability Logics
⌈A⌉ = {Ui(A) | i ∈ N} (truth values over monadic realizations)
A ↔ B ⇐⇒ ⌈A⌉ = ⌈B⌉ (pluriverse-valued equivalence)
Representing propositions as pluriverses of realizable monadic interpretations Ui(A), rather than binary truth values, could avoid diagonalization, circularity and definability paradoxes.
19) Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
Contradictory Paradoxes:
- Measurement Problem
- Schrodinger's Cat paradox
- Einstein's "Spooky Action at a Distance" paradox
Non-Contradictory Possibilities:
Monadic Relational QM
|Ψ> = Σn cn Un(A)|0> (superposition of monadic perspectives)
Un(A) = ΠiΓn,i(Ai) (integrated monad of relational properties)
Representing quantum states as superposed monadic perspectives Un integrated over the relational algebraic properties Γn,i(Ai) could resolve paradoxes by grounding phenomena in coherent relational pluralisms.
20) The Unification of Physics
Contradictory Barriers:
- Clash between quantum/relativistic geometric premises
- Infinities and non-renormalizability issues
- Lack of quantum theory of gravity and spacetime microphysics
Non-Contradictory Possibilities:
Algebraic Quantum Gravity
Rμν = k [ Tμν - (1/2)gμνT ] (monadic-valued sources)
Tμν = Σab Γab,μν (relational algebras)
Γab,μν = f(ma, ra, qa, ...) (catalytic charged mnds)
Treating gravity/spacetime as collective phenomena emerging from catalytic combinatorial charge relation algebras Γab,μν between pluralistic relativistic monadic elements could unite QM/QFT/GR description.
The key theme is using infinitesimal relational monadological frameworks to represent phenomena that appear paradoxical under classical separability assumptions as perfectly coherent manifestations of integrated pluralistic structures.
Whether statistical mechanics, logic, QM or unified physics - the contradictions all stem from erroneous premises that:
1) Observers are separable from observations
2) Properties/events are independently existing entities
3) Time evolution is fundamentally deterministic
4) Reality can be fully represented in a single mathematical model
By centering infinitesimal monadic perspectival interactions as primitives, these paradox-generating premises are all circumvented in favor of irreducible relational pluralisms.
The monadic "zero" subjects and their combinatorial algebras become the SOURCE of coherent interdependent plurality, not a paradoxical separable ontic realm. Deterministic laws emerge as statistically regulated boundary patterns on a vaster potential pluriverse.
In essence, the monadological frameworks realign our descriptive representations with the inescapable facts of first-person experience - allowing our physics and logics to resonate with the intrinsic integrated structure of reality we comprise, rather than segregating it into hopeless contradictions.
This pluralistic Renaissance offers the path toward renovating humanity's knowledge bases and reason architectures - restoring consilience by deriving all phenomena as cohesive relational aspects of a monadic metaphysics, rooted in irreducible first-person facts.