Research register 13–24

Reference numbers identify the supporting publications. Titles open their sources.

[13] Sean Carroll From Eternity to Here FAQ Entropy, the arrow of time and low-entropy initial conditions.

[14] Jeremy L England (2015) Dissipative adaptation in driven self-assembly A proposed mechanism connecting driven matter and self-organization.

[15] NASA Astrobiology Life on Other Planets What Is Life and What Does It Need A working definition, not a universally settled definition of life.

[16] Smithsonian Human Origins Program Homo sapiens Approximate 300,000-year fossil timescale for our species.

[17] Declaration signatories (2024) The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness Signatories' assessment of evidence and uncertainty in animal consciousness.

[18] Daniel Kahneman and Gary Klein (2009) Conditions for intuitive expertise Learning conditions and the limits of subjective confidence.

[19] Leonard Susskind (2012) Time evolution of a quantum system Unitary evolution and conservation of distinguishability.

[20] Wojciech H Zurek (2009) Quantum Darwinism Environmental records of selected properties; a framework for emergence of classical behavior.

[21] Daniel Harlow (2016) Jerusalem Lectures on Black Holes and Quantum Information Quantum information, gravity and the black-hole information problem.

[22] Michael E Wechsler and colleagues (2011) Active Albuterol or Placebo Sham Acupuncture or No Intervention in Asthma Asthma study: 46 enrolled, 39 completed. See the healing lesson.

Placebo Effect Expectations and therapeutic context.

Reiki Evidence limits and lack of evidence for the proposed energy field.