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   Physfitfreak to All   
   Re: Entropy is a bogus and outdated conc   
   26 Nov 24 17:03:02   
   
   From: physfitfreak@gmail.com   
      
   On 11/26/24 1:41 AM, x wrote:   
   >   
   > I once remember reading about statistical thermodynamics   
   > and learning about it in college a while back.   
   >   
   > I came to the basic conclusion which I think is true that:   
   >   
   > Low entropy is good.   
   >   
   > High entropy is evil.   
   >   
   > If you then use summum bonum as a definition of   
   > a supreme being then you might or might not proceed   
   > from there.   
   >   
   > I am thinking that statistical thermodynamics is the   
   > start of 'information theory'.  The 'probability   
   > of a state divided by all possible states'.  Or   
   > Boltzmann's S = k log W.  Then if you just go   
   > for heat flow definitions then heat tends to   
   > flow from hot objects to cold objects rather   
   > than cold objects to hot objects, which I think   
   > tends to be true.   
   >   
   > I generally do not think that true concepts become   
   > outdated.  They are more eternal than the universe.   
      
      
   You sound like a high school drop out. Jump in my kill file bag yet one   
   more time.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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