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To be pedantic, is not the "skittles" part that is the problem but ratherthe "bag" part of the analogy, since it implies a fixed amount. If the OP somehow weave
by elsewhen 9y ago
To be pedantic, is not the "skittles" part that is the problem but ratherthe "bag" part of the analogy, since it implies a fixed amount. If the OP somehow weaved a skittles factory into the analogy, the analogy could be spared.
- AstralStorm 9y agoThere are no truly open systems in the whole universe if physicists are correct. Much less on Earth alone. Entropy is a thing. About three only abundant energy resource we have is the Sun and it is quite hard to extract it's output. Then there are certain biological restrictions like having to eat - a chemical input. Arable land is worth quite a lot, fertile much more still. It is not evenly distributed over Earth. (Similar with fertile paths of the oceans and seas.) Dense energy sources are yet more scarce.