> For a long time it seemed absurd that such an assumption would necessary at all, for these seemingly universal laws, Not so long. The second law dates from 1

> For a long time it seemed absurd that such an assumption would necessary at all, for these seemingly universal laws, Not so long. The second law dates from 1850 and the requirement of such an assumption is what Maxwell’s demon illustrated less than forty years later. > and there was no clear way to thermodynamically model the knowledge of the actor inside this system such that you wouldn't need such an assumption. There is still no way to model an actor inside a thermodynamical system in equilibrium - by definition.