On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> wrote:
> *>>>> I know I'm being pedantic but it's actually "entropy for a closed > system can *almost* never decrease".* > > > *>>> I don't claim to be an expert in thermodynamics, but I did take a > course in that very subject, and I recall quite clearly that your revision > of the 2nd law is false.* > > > > *>>You're certainly correct in saying that you're not an expert in > thermodynamics because what you say in the above is 100% wrong. The second > law of thermodynamics is a statistical law and therefore can only provide > probabilities not certainties, * > > > *> Classical Thermodynamics is NOT a statistical theory, and the 2nd Law > is NOT a statistical law. Maybe you're thinking of Statistical Mechanics. > AG* > *Statistical Mechanics is able to give us an explanation of WHY the second law says entropy *almost* never decreases. There are astronomically more disorderly states than orderly states but they are not infinitely more, and that's what would be required to move from overwhelmingly unlikely to absolutely impossible. * *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* 4e7 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1ZwfLFxWkEebc4Hs1tTPx9mW7HFPFcSsOWnT9JY9iLew%40mail.gmail.com.
