Some Consequences of the Thermodynamic Cost of System Identification

@article{Fields2018SomeCO,
  title={Some Consequences of the Thermodynamic Cost of System Identification},
  author={Chris A. Fields},
  journal={Entropy},
  year={2018},
  volume={20}
}
  • C. Fields
  • Published 1 October 2018
  • Physics
  • Entropy
The concept of a “system” is foundational to physics, but the question of how observers identify systems is seldom addressed. Classical thermodynamics restricts observers to finite, finite-resolution observations with which to identify the systems on which “pointer state” measurements are to be made. It is shown that system identification is at best approximate, even in a finite world, and that violations of the Leggett–Garg and Bell/CHSH (Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt) inequalities emerge… 
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