Jonathan Washburn(@JonWashburn):My new arXiv paper just dropped and it shows thermodynamics is downstream of logic. If you replace the concept of physical energy with a simple cost of distinguishability, J(x) = cosh(log x) - 1, the Boltzmann-Gibbs distribution emerges exactly. The same law that gives us α ≈ 1/137 and 3D space also gives us statistical mechanics.

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Jonathan Washburn@JonWashburn

2026.05.18 21:01

My new arXiv paper just dropped and it shows thermodynamics is downstream of logic. If you replace the concept of physical energy with a simple cost of distinguishability, J(x) = cosh(log x) - 1, the Boltzmann-Gibbs distribution emerges exactly. The same law that gives us α ≈ 1/137 and 3D space also gives us statistical mechanics.