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In one half of the ship, the thermodynamic arrow of time points in one direction, and in the other half of the ship, it points in the opposite direction.
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According to the
Brian Greene book , the reason for the particular direction of the time arrow is the extreme order that was present early in the universe. Otherwise the physics is symmetrical.
There is not some physical law "switch" to throw for each side of the ship.
D.