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I never understood the argument either, but I am no physicist. Start with the table racked (e.g. order) and break. One can easily discern the direction of time
by SubiculumCode 10y ago
I never understood the argument either, but I am no physicist. Start with the table racked (e.g. order) and break. One can easily discern the direction of time as the table goes from order to disorder.
- efnx 10y agoI think that's more because you are familiar with the original ordered state of the racked balls. If you take out energy lost to friction and heat and allow infinite time, after breaking the balls would bounce around ricocheting ad infinitum, eventually forming the racked state momentarily before continuing into chaos. Just like the monkeys on typewriters, and more frequently broken clocks.
- SubiculumCode 10y agoBy chance yes. But the frequency of events of order to disorder is less than order to disorder, because ultimately, the universe tends towards entropy.