On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > Physical processes obey the laws of physics. The 2nd law isn't a law of > physics.
The 2nd law is even more fundamental than a law of physics, it's more like a law of logic; it's just the result of there being VASTLY more ways to be disorganized (high entropy) than organized (low entropy). So however a physical law changes a system, when it is done with it the system will almost certainly be in a higher entropy state than it was before the changes happened. In different parts of the multiverse the other laws of physics might be different, but the only universe where the 2nd law would not be true would be a universe already at maximum entropy, a universe that had zero free energy (work), a universe with no structure which contained nothing but white noise. That would be about as dull as it gets, so we can say that in every universe of even the slightest interest the 2nd law must be true 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.
