Well, every closed, Markovian system is governed by thermodynamics in a rather specific mathematical sense [0]; but yes I agree that initial conditions and para

Well, every closed, Markovian system is governed by thermodynamics in a rather specific mathematical sense [0]; but yes I agree that initial conditions and parameters (such as constants) are not, but the dynamics themselves are. Unless our assumption about Markovian dynamics is wrong, in which case it’s not even clear we can make useful predictions from such a theory. ——— [0] see, e.g., https://guille.site/second-law-markov.html https://guille.site/second-law-markov.html or Cover’s own textbook.