On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 11:14 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote:
> > The universe could potentially start in a state of maximum entropy (at > least in terms of the equilibrium of mass-energy) > That just means everything is at the same temperature, but that's not the only thing that determines Entropy. > and still move to states where things can happen > I don't see how, disordered states outnumber ordered ones by a factor of astronomical to the astronomical power, so however the laws of physics effect things as they are today by tomorrow things will almost certainly be in one of those very numerous more disordered states. > > if there are *any* inhomogeneities > If there were inhomogeneities in the early universe then it wasn't at maximum entropy > the AOT can be handled by the entropy ceiling being continually raised, > If that were true things would never run down, but they do. The second law of thermodynamics doesn't say that Entropy must always increase, it says Entropy will increase until it gets as high as it can go, the heat death of the universe. And maximum Entropy means a state of zero order, zero predictability and zero free energy (work); they can't become less than zero because the concepts of negative order, negative predictability and negative work are not well defined. > almost regardless of initial conditions. > Initial conditions are every bit as important as the laws of physics. John K Clark -- 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 post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
