What a Coincidence!: On Unpredictability, Complexity and the Nature of Time

Preface
I Thank this World for its Non-Equilibria with the Coincidences and Chances
Contents
Vita
1 Chance and Coincidence Take their Course
	Abstract
	From Plow Horse to Racehorse
	Anchor 4
2 Essential Uncertainty is Everywhere
	Abstract
	The Accidental Corona Pandemic
	Mankind, an Ecosystem for Viruses
	Coincidental Inventions and Disasters
	Chance in Economy and Politics and the Unpredictable Consequences
	Accidental Events and Coincidences in Scientific Research
	The Essential Coincidence—an Attempt at Description
	Alternative Views of Chance and Coincidence
	Chance in Philosophy
	Coincidences are Real and Everywhere and Anything but Rare
	The Beginning of Life and Evolution
	Curiosities Cabinet of Evolutionary Coincidences
	Nature and Evolution is Aimless, homo sapiens is not the Summit of Evolution
	Is Evolution Repeatable?
	Chance, Coincidence and Accidental events Are Ruling the World, in the Small as in the Large
3 Creativity is Coincidence in the Brain
	Abstract
	Cooking is Good Craftsmanship, Science Must Go into Depth
	“Dispersion”—Practically Unexplored, but No Witchcraft!
	Dispersion—one after the other
	The Discovery: Dispersions are Structured
	Mayonnaise, Béarnaise Sauce, Yogurt and Cheese
	Sparkling Ideas and Flashes of Inspiration
	Improvisation is Coincidence in the Brain
4 “Equilibrium is good, Non-Equilibrium is bad”—is that True?
	Abstract
	“Entropy”: Heard of it, but didn’t Understand it?
	Entropy does Always Increase? Yes, but not Everywhere!
	Further Research on the Phenomenon of “Self-Organization”
	Self-Organization, Structure Formation in Non-Equilibrium—Structure Loss in Equilibrium
	No Two Snowflakes are Really Identical
5 Almost Despairing of Science
	Abstract
	Non-equilibrium also not Popular at Universities
	Scientific Breakthroughs and Inventions Ususally have a Hard Time
	Dispersion is Underestimated
	Led Astray by Outward Appearance
	The Power of the Paradigm
	The Power of Images
	Retreat from the Research Area with a Bang—Did Anyone Hear It?
6 The Birth of Chance and Coincidence in Complex Systems
	Abstract
	Enzymes: Results of Non-Equilibria and Actors Therein
	Higher Aggregation Level of Matter: New Properties
	Do Parlor Games Adequately Represent the Game of Chance and Coincidence in Nature?
	Weather and Climate are Chaotic
	Chaos in Our Solar System!
	Chaotic Typhoon
	Dynamic Networks
	Similar, but Not Identical Patterns
	Nothing is as Constant as Change
	Can The Big Bang Theory Explain the Structures in the Universe?
	The Birth of Chance and Coincidence
	Chance and Coincidence is Everywhere—Just Not on the Quantum Level
7 What Flows When “Time Flows”, and Where Does It Flow to?
	Abstract
	Is Time an Illusion?
	Can the Direction of Time be Reversed?
	The Timelessness of the Quantum—So Time is an Illusion After All?
	Do We Live in One of Many Universes?
	What Flows There When Time Flows?
	The New Hypothesis About the Nature of Time
	The New Hypothesis is Verifiable and Falsifiable
	The Emergence of Entropy, and Thus of Time
	The End of Time
8 Our Perception of Time
	Abstract
Final Remarks
Appendix
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