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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|    Re: Entropy is a bogus and outdated conc    |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 outdated.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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