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DevelopingElk | 2 months ago

The consequence of Noether's theorem is that if a system is time symmetric then energy is conserved. On a global perspective, the universe isn't time symmetric. It has a beginning and an expansion through time. This isn't reversible so energy isn't conserved.

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measurablefunc|2 months ago

I think you're confused about what the theorem says & how it applies to formal models of reality.

lupire|2 months ago

Please explain. Noether's theorem equates global symmetry laws with local conservation laws. The universe does not in fact have global symmetry across time.