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> Statistical mechanical entropy and information theoretical entropy ('complexity in bits') are not the same quantities! This assertion (whether thermodynamic
by qrendel 10y ago
> Statistical mechanical entropy and information theoretical entropy ('complexity in bits') are not the same quantities!
This assertion (whether thermodynamic entropy and information theoretic entropy are equivalent) is an ongoing controversy open to debate - it shouldn't be stated as fact. See wikipedia for (a summary of) both sides of the story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_in_thermodynamics_and_information_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy_in_thermodynamics_and_... (specifically the #Theoretical_relationship and #Criticism sections)