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elchananHaasyesterday at 10:35 PM1 replyview on HN

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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measurablefuncyesterday at 11:22 PM

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