I dunno Alex …
This guy's ideas seem to come from a network analysis perspective on Thermodynamics. He's come at it all from the laws of thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. The concepts also seem to address deterministic and chaotic physical system behaviours. From the abstract of one of his papers:
"Natural Games"
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Ultimately behavior is viewed as a physical process where flows of energy naturally select ways to consume free energy as soon as possible. This natural process is, according to the profound thermodynamic principle, equivalent to entropy increase in the least time. However, the physical portrayal of behavior does not imply determinism …
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Here's the abstract of the paper underpinning the article in my OP:
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The variational principle in its original form á la Maupertuis is used to delineate paths of light through varying energy densities and to associate shifts in frequency and changes in momentum. The gravitational bending and Doppler shift are in this way found as mere manifestations of least-time energy dispersal.
In particular, the general principle of least action due to Maupertuis accounts for the brightness of Type 1a supernovae versus redshift without introducing extraneous parameters or invoking conjectures such as dark energy.
Likewise, the least-time principle explains the gravitational lensing without the involvement of additional ingredients such as dark matter. Moreover, time delays along curved geodesics relative to straight paths are obtained from the ratio of the local to global energy density.
According to the principle of least action the Universe is expanding uniformly due to the irrevocable least-time consumption of diverse forms of bound energy to the lowest form of energy, i.e. the free electromagnetic radiation.
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Just looks like an alternative view on empirically observed phenomena. He doesn't seem to be challenging any mainstream theories ..
Just seems like a fresh approach but still working from within the mainstream tenets ??
Cheers