paisano
Member (Idle past 6450 days) Posts: 459 From: USA Joined: 05-07-2004
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Message 42 of 95 (156425)
11-05-2004 9:04 PM
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Reply to: Message 41 by Buzsaw
11-05-2004 8:53 PM
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Buz, actually the 2LOT really doesn't have anything to do with the likelihood or unlikelihood of order in a given system. The 2LOT states that in a closed system not in thermodynamic equilibrium, the entropy of the system tends to increase until the system reaches a state of thermodynamic equilibrium. But even that's imprecise; to really understand the 2LOT , and what it does and doesn't imply, you need to use the language of mathematics. Prose really is at best an approximation.
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