It is my contention that when matter was created, the energy value of the universe, as detected by the container that held it, fell (the energy of matter could not be read). — MikeL
The basic idea of general relativity, as famously expressed by John Wheeler, is: "Mass tells space-time how to curve, and space-time tells mass how to move."
So the shape of the spacetime "container" is determined by the distribution of its material contents. That shape then determines the gravitational acceleration that distributed masses will feel - mass will just run inertially along the curves of that space. — apokrisis
I believe that is the basic thought MikeL is trying to express. Though in using his own colourful language, it is not so clear how well he understands what a physicist would be meaning. — apokrisis
My point is that entropy may be a drive to restore the energy value of the universe by sucking it back out of matter so it can be read by the container again. It is an ontological attempt to explain entropy.
What are your thoughts? — MikeL
This is pretty much what cosmology says. The Big Bang started in a state of thermal equilibrium - an even bath of radiation with all the same temperature. Then the radiation cooled to a point where a fair chunk of it condensed out as matter.
In that respect, the universe fell out of equilibrium and so there is an entropic equilibrium to restore. All the matter will want to find ways to turn back into radiation and catch up with the general cosmic flow again if it can. Hence stars, for instance. And black holes can also radiate so will eventually evaporate over sufficient time. — apokrisis
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