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This article: New Quantum Theory Could Explain the Flow of Time was a link at: Quantum Entanglement and Information Article at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy It, the article in the first link, is a very readable article and one of the most suggestive I have read in a long time. One of the longtime basics of Information Theory is that the entropy and the information of a system are linked and both increase at the same rate. This article explains it in terms of quantum entanglement and for the first time gives an actual explanation for why time has a "direction". Because of its use of entanglement it also shows that entanglement is not some exotic phenomena, but the same thing that leaves you and your coffee, or tea, cold in the morning. The relationship between this entanglement and information is also very interesting. The original paper that inspired this article can be downloaded here: Quantum Mechanical Evolution to Thermal Equilibrium for the more technically inclined of us. Edit: spelling and added clarification about the article in the first link being the one that is very readable, though, come to think of it, if you have the background so is the one at the Stanford Encyclopedia.