{"id":466,"date":"2025-05-29T18:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/?p=466"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:39:32","slug":"time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"Time and again, or that chiral spiral&#8230; \u267e\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation has-large-font-size is-style-text-annotation--1 wp-block-paragraph\">When Destiny Shapes the Past: Chirality, Retrocausality, and Life&#8217;s Unseen Hand.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__avatar\"><img alt='' src='\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc4e5ec755f08c710bddc7b93acc5067?s=48&#038;r=g&#038;d=identicon' srcset='\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc4e5ec755f08c710bddc7b93acc5067?s=48&#038;r=g&#038;d=identicon 2x' class='avatar avatar-48 photo' height='48' width='48' \/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__byline\">Amanda H.S.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-author__name\">admin<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-05-29T18:39:30+01:00\">29 May 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Have you ever wondered if the future isn&#8217;t just something that happens to us, but something that actively shapes what has already happened? It sounds like science fiction, but what if the very existence of life, billions of years from now, somehow influenced the initial conditions that allowed it to arise?<br>Today, we&#8217;re diving into a truly mind-bending concept: retrocausal retroteleological determinism, and how it might offer a radical explanation for one of biology&#8217;s most enduring mysteries: the handedness of life&#8217;s building blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border is-style-default\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"454954\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/asi_image_v002.webp?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-682 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #454954; border-width:5px;border-radius:15px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/asi_image_v002.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/asi_image_v002.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/asi_image_v002.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/asi_image_v002.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>The Cosmic Mystery of Life&#8217;s Left or Right Hand<br>Look at your hands. They&#8217;re mirror images of each other, right? You can&#8217;t perfectly superimpose your left hand on your right. This property is called chirality, from the Greek word for hand.<br>Many molecules in nature also exhibit chirality. They exist in two mirror-image forms, called enantiomers. Think of them as &#8220;left-handed&#8221; (L) and &#8220;right-handed&#8221; (D) versions. In a purely random chemical environment, you&#8217;d expect to find roughly equal amounts of both L and D forms of any chiral molecule.<br>But here&#8217;s the astonishing part: <strong>life on Earth is overwhelmingly homochiral.<\/strong> Almost all amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) are L-amino acids, while nearly all sugars (like glucose) are D-sugars. <strong>This isn&#8217;t a minor preference; it&#8217;s a fundamental, universal characteristic of terrestrial biology.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border is-style-rounded\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"5b584e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"601\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LIGO-Detector-Apparatus1.webp?resize=801%2C601&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-674 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5b584e; border-width:5px;border-radius:15px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LIGO-Detector-Apparatus1.webp?w=801&amp;ssl=1 801w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LIGO-Detector-Apparatus1.webp?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LIGO-Detector-Apparatus1.webp?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Why? Why did early life pick one handedness over the other, and stick with it so rigidly? It&#8217;s like everyone on Earth suddenly decided to only wear left-handed gloves, even though right-handed ones were equally available. This &#8220;homochirality problem&#8221; is one of the deepest unsolved puzzles in abiogenesis \u2013 the study of how life arose from non-living matter.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-accent-2-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-accent-2-background-color has-background is-style-wide is-style-wide--2\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When the Future Whispers to the Past: Retrocausality &amp; Retroteleology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Now, let&#8217;s introduce the truly unconventional ideas that might offer an answer. <strong><em>Retrocausality!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Retrocausality is the notion that an effect can precede its cause in time. Imagine a message sent backward through time, influencing an event that has already occurred. This isn&#8217;t about changing the past, but rather about the past being determined by future events. It&#8217;s a concept often debated in the wilder fringes of quantum mechanics, where the distinction between cause and effect can get blurry at the most fundamental levels.<br>Building on this, retroteleology suggests that a future purpose or goal can exert a causal influence on the past. In standard teleology, an acorn grows into an oak tree because its genetic programming now directs it towards that future state. In retroteleology, it&#8217;s as if the future oak tree itself is somehow &#8220;pulling&#8221; the acorn&#8217;s development, ensuring it reaches that specific outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Combine these, and you get <em><strong>retrocausal retroteleological determinism.<\/strong><\/em> This is the idea that the universe operates on a principle where certain future states are not merely outcomes, but are destined to occur, and this destiny actively shapes the past events that lead to them. It&#8217;s a form of determinism where the &#8220;cause&#8221; is the ultimate &#8220;effect&#8221; or final state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Destiny&#8217;s Molecular Blueprint: The Deterministic Twist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>So, how does this relate to life&#8217;s handedness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image has-custom-border\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"063a1a\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Image_11-2.webp?resize=1200%2C675&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-685 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #063a1a; border-width:5px;border-radius:15px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Image_11-2.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Image_11-2.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Image_11-2.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Image_11-2.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image has-custom-border\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"173e58\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 645px) 100vw, 645px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Image_10-1.webp?resize=1200%2C675&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-688 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #173e58; border-width:5px;border-radius:15px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Image_10-1.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Image_10-1.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Image_10-1.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Image_10-1.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Imagine a universe where the emergence of complex, self-replicating life is a retroteleological goal. For life to function as we know it, its proteins and enzymes need to be precisely folded, and this folding is highly dependent on the consistent handedness of its amino acid building blocks. If you mix L and D amino acids, proteins often don&#8217;t fold correctly, or they become unstable.<br>Under the lens of retrocausal retroteleological determinism, the future necessity of homochirality for stable, functioning life could have retroactively determined the initial conditions on early Earth. The &#8220;purpose&#8221; of life&#8217;s future existence, requiring L-amino acids and D-sugars, reached back through time to bias the primordial chemical reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Instead of a random chance event where life happened to pick L-amino acids and then got stuck with them, this view suggests that the choice wasn&#8217;t random at all. It was, in a sense, predetermined by the very existence of future life itself. The universe, in this view, is set up such that the &#8220;effect&#8221; (complex, homochiral life) ensures its own &#8220;cause&#8221; (the initial homochiral molecules).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>The Unseen Hand of Fate (or Future Life).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>This is a profoundly deterministic and almost mystical perspective. It implies that the universe isn&#8217;t just unfolding randomly, but is guided by its own ultimate outcomes. The &#8220;laws of physics&#8221; might not just be about how things do happen, but how they must happen to achieve a certain future state.<br>It&#8217;s a challenging idea because it flips our everyday understanding of time and causality on its head. But it offers an intriguing, if highly speculative, answer to the homochirality problem. Instead of searching for an external, random event that caused the initial chiral bias, we look to the future, to the very existence of life, as the ultimate &#8220;cause.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>What do you think? Is this a wild philosophical leap too far, or does it offer a compelling, albeit unsettling, new way to look at the universe and our place within it? Could the destiny of life truly be the unseen hand that shaped its earliest molecular beginnings?<br>Disclaimer: This blog post explores highly speculative philosophical and scientific concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-annotation has-accent-2-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1 is-style-text-annotation--3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(6,147,227) 0%,rgb(255,255,255) 55%,rgb(155,81,224) 100%)\"><strong>Retrocausality and retroteleology are not mainstream scientific theories, but rather areas of active philosophical debate and theoretical exploration.<\/strong><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wondered if the future isn&#8217;t just something that happens to us, but something that actively shapes what has already happened? It sounds like science fiction, but what if the very existence of life, billions of years from now, somehow influenced the initial conditions that allowed it to arise?<br \/>\nToday, we&#8217;re diving into a truly mind-bending concept: retrocausal retroteleological determinism, and how it might offer a radical explanation for one of biology&#8217;s most enduring mysteries: the handedness of life&#8217;s building blocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[70,3,69,15,32],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-essays","category-introductions","tag-existentialism","tag-introduction","tag-philosophy","tag-physics","tag-space"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Time and again, or that chiral spiral... \u267e\ufe0f &#8211; \/\/ Cydonis Heavy Industries, (C.H.I), Ltd.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-\u267e\ufe0f\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Time and again, or that chiral spiral... \u267e\ufe0f &#8211; \/\/ Cydonis Heavy Industries, (C.H.I), Ltd.\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Have you ever wondered if the future isn&#039;t just something that happens to us, but something that actively shapes what has already happened? It sounds like science fiction, but what if the very existence of life, billions of years from now, somehow influenced the initial conditions that allowed it to arise? Today, we&#039;re diving into a truly mind-bending concept: retrocausal retroteleological determinism, and how it might offer a radical explanation for one of biology&#039;s most enduring mysteries: the handedness of life&#039;s building blocks.\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-\u267e\ufe0f\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\/\/ Cydonis Heavy Industries, (C.H.I), Ltd.\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-29T17:39:30+00:00\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-29T17:39:32+00:00\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7022377ddbb638057a90d06ebc685db5\"},\"headline\":\"Time and again, or that chiral spiral&#8230; \u267e\ufe0f\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-29T17:39:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-29T17:39:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":915,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"existentialism\",\"introduction\",\"philosophy\",\"physics\",\"space\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Essays\",\"Introductions\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/\",\"name\":\"Time and again, or that chiral spiral... \u267e\ufe0f &#8211; \\\/\\\/ Cydonis Heavy Industries, (C.H.I), Ltd.\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-29T17:39:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-29T17:39:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1024},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/29\\\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Time and again, or that chiral spiral&#8230; \u267e\ufe0f\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"\\\/\\\/ Cydonis Heavy Industries, (C.H.I), Ltd.\",\"description\":\"&quot;Tackling life&#039;s toughest problems; with science!&quot;\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"\\\/\\\/ Cydonis Corp.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Cydonis Heavy Industries Ltd.\",\"alternateName\":\"Cydonis\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/chi-logo-only.png?fit=254%2C254&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/05\\\/chi-logo-only.png?fit=254%2C254&ssl=1\",\"width\":254,\"height\":254,\"caption\":\"Cydonis Heavy Industries Ltd.\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bsky.app\\\/profile\\\/cydonis.co.uk\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7022377ddbb638057a90d06ebc685db5\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc4e5ec755f08c710bddc7b93acc5067?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=identicon\",\"url\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc4e5ec755f08c710bddc7b93acc5067?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=identicon\",\"contentUrl\":\"\\\/\\\/www.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cc4e5ec755f08c710bddc7b93acc5067?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=identicon\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"description\":\"(There is a method to my madness. That method is in and of itself quite mad, but it is a method nonetheless.) Connoisseur of Knowledge. 179iq. 40-something human bean. Zenogender. CEO, Director, and Lead Developer. \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\u26a7 \u2640\ufe0f\u269b\ufe0f|\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f|She\\\/Her\\\/They\\\/Them.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.cydonis.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Time and again, or that chiral spiral... \u267e\ufe0f &#8211; \/\/ Cydonis Heavy Industries, (C.H.I), Ltd.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-\u267e\ufe0f\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Time and again, or that chiral spiral... \u267e\ufe0f &#8211; \/\/ Cydonis Heavy Industries, (C.H.I), Ltd.","og_description":"Have you ever wondered if the future isn't just something that happens to us, but something that actively shapes what has already happened? It sounds like science fiction, but what if the very existence of life, billions of years from now, somehow influenced the initial conditions that allowed it to arise? Today, we're diving into a truly mind-bending concept: retrocausal retroteleological determinism, and how it might offer a radical explanation for one of biology's most enduring mysteries: the handedness of life's building blocks.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-\u267e\ufe0f\/","og_site_name":"\/\/ Cydonis Heavy Industries, (C.H.I), Ltd.","article_published_time":"2025-05-29T17:39:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-29T17:39:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":1024,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7022377ddbb638057a90d06ebc685db5"},"headline":"Time and again, or that chiral spiral&#8230; \u267e\ufe0f","datePublished":"2025-05-29T17:39:30+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-29T17:39:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/"},"wordCount":915,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","keywords":["existentialism","introduction","philosophy","physics","space"],"articleSection":["Essays","Introductions"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/","url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/","name":"Time and again, or that chiral spiral... \u267e\ufe0f &#8211; \/\/ Cydonis Heavy Industries, (C.H.I), Ltd.","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-05-29T17:39:30+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-29T17:39:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","width":1024,"height":1024},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/time-and-again-or-that-chiral-spiral-%e2%99%be%ef%b8%8f\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Time and again, or that chiral spiral&#8230; \u267e\ufe0f"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"\/\/ Cydonis Heavy Industries, (C.H.I), Ltd.","description":"&quot;Tackling life&#039;s toughest problems; with science!&quot;","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/#organization"},"alternateName":"\/\/ Cydonis Corp.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/#organization","name":"Cydonis Heavy Industries Ltd.","alternateName":"Cydonis","url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chi-logo-only.png?fit=254%2C254&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chi-logo-only.png?fit=254%2C254&ssl=1","width":254,"height":254,"caption":"Cydonis Heavy Industries Ltd."},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cydonis.co.uk"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7022377ddbb638057a90d06ebc685db5","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc4e5ec755f08c710bddc7b93acc5067?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=identicon","url":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc4e5ec755f08c710bddc7b93acc5067?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=identicon","contentUrl":"\/\/www.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cc4e5ec755f08c710bddc7b93acc5067?s=96&#038;r=g&#038;d=identicon","caption":"admin"},"description":"(There is a method to my madness. That method is in and of itself quite mad, but it is a method nonetheless.) Connoisseur of Knowledge. 179iq. 40-something human bean. Zenogender. CEO, Director, and Lead Developer. \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\u26a7 \u2640\ufe0f\u269b\ufe0f|\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f|She\/Her\/They\/Them.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1528,"url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/05\/24\/the-ceremony-a-blueprint-for-the-future-we-actually-want\/","url_meta":{"origin":466,"position":0},"title":"The Ceremony: A Blueprint for the Future We Actually Want","author":"admin","date":"24 May 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"There is a version of the future that does not require catastrophe first. It is not guaranteed. It is not even, given current trajectories, particularly probable. But it is possible in a way that matters - not as fantasy, but as a set of principles and practices already being tested\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Creative Writing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Creative Writing","link":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/essays\/creative-writing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-zelch-30596222-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-zelch-30596222-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-zelch-30596222-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-zelch-30596222-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/pexels-zelch-30596222-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1876,"url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/08\/22\/the-observer-effect\/","url_meta":{"origin":466,"position":1},"title":"The Observer Effect","author":"admin","date":"22 August 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Dr. Elena Vasquez had spent eleven years trying to reconcile general relativity with quantum mechanics, and she had come to the conclusion, quietly, over many sleepless nights, that the problem wasn't in the mathematics. The problem was in her. Some perceptual limitation, baked into the wetware, that made it impossible\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Creative Writing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Creative Writing","link":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/essays\/creative-writing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-observer-effect-cover.webp?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-observer-effect-cover.webp?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-observer-effect-cover.webp?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-observer-effect-cover.webp?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5,"url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/05\/08\/two-years-into-the-deep-end-foundingi-thoughts\/","url_meta":{"origin":466,"position":2},"title":"Two years into the deep-end: Founding(i); thoughts.","author":"admin","date":"8 May 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\"...This isn't a story of failure, not definitively. It's a story of the brutal, unvarnished reality of the bootstrap journey when the stars don't align perfectly. It's a testament to the sheer willpower required, and a sober reminder that sometimes, even with a sound plan and relentless effort, the path\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Essays&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Essays","link":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/essays\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yavin-destination-distant-star-moon-gas-giant.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yavin-destination-distant-star-moon-gas-giant.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yavin-destination-distant-star-moon-gas-giant.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yavin-destination-distant-star-moon-gas-giant.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yavin-destination-distant-star-moon-gas-giant.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yavin-destination-distant-star-moon-gas-giant.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1856,"url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/08\/20\/the-photon-falsifiability-gap-the-mystery-of-the-tiny-click\/","url_meta":{"origin":466,"position":3},"title":"The Photon Falsifiability Gap: The Mystery of the Tiny Click","author":"admin","date":"20 August 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"How do you know if what you just heard was someone knocking, or just the door being noisy? That question - that exact puzzle - is at the heart of a real science mystery. Scientists gave it a name: the Photon Falsifiability Gap. It sounds like a big, fancy phrase,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Biology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Biology","link":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/essays\/biology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260815_181331055_HDR-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260815_181331055_HDR-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260815_181331055_HDR-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260815_181331055_HDR-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_20260815_181331055_HDR-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":759,"url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/06\/04\/fire-wheel-and-the-ultimate-collective-abacus\/","url_meta":{"origin":466,"position":4},"title":"Fire, wheel, and the ultimate collective abacus.","author":"admin","date":"4 June 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Beneath the shiny surface of these incredible new tools, just as with the wheel, fire, arrowhead, spanner, abacus, pen, or hammer, there are some genuinely massive questions we need to start asking ourselves \u2013 questions about the planet, about how our societies work, and even about the fundamental limits of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Essays&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Essays","link":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/essays\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"A child encounters an abacus for the first time.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/abacus.webp?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/abacus.webp?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/abacus.webp?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/abacus.webp?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/abacus.webp?fit=1200%2C801&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1518,"url":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/05\/11\/jevons-paradox-and-direct-air-capture\/","url_meta":{"origin":466,"position":5},"title":"Jevons Paradox And Direct Air Capture","author":"admin","date":"11 May 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"We tend to assume that doing something more efficiently is, by definition, a good thing. Use less energy per mile driven. Extract more crop per acre farmed. Capture more carbon per kilowatt-hour spent. Efficiency is progress. Efficiency is the goal. But there is a paradox lurking at the heart of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Essays&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Essays","link":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/category\/uncategorized\/essays\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jevons-Paradox-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C584&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jevons-Paradox-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C584&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jevons-Paradox-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C584&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jevons-Paradox-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C584&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jevons-Paradox-scaled.webp?fit=1200%2C584&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/o8jnx0302dzd.webp?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":689,"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions\/689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cydonis.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}