> Isn't there a law of thermodynamics that says that entropy increases in a system over time? Not exactly. The Second Law of Thermodynamics says that all proc

> Isn't there a law of thermodynamics that says that entropy increases in a system over time? Not exactly. The Second Law of Thermodynamics says that all processes cause the entropy of a system to increase. But entropy doesn't naturally increase over time without any processes happening. > And doesn't general relativity state that time is a function of gravity or acceleration or relative mass? The apparent passage of time ("proper time" in a particular reference frame) is influenced by gravity and acceleration. > So wouldn't increasing gravity/acceleration/mass, i.e. relatively increasing the passage of time, also relatively increase entropy? What actually happens is that gravity and acceleration decrease the passage of time (as compared to a reference frame not influenced by the gravity/acceleration.) So if there are two otherwise identical experiments, the one with more gravity/acceleration will experience less time passage, and accumulate less entropy. But since increases in entropy aren't a direct result of the passage of time, it doesn't follow that increases in entropy lead to more passage of time, or any effect on gravity. Hopefully that makes sense and is mostly correct, it's been a while since I studied this.