I think it means that the speaker is worried that they'll be misunderstood, and they're trying to rule out other (potentially incorrect) usages where: - entrop

I think it means that the speaker is worried that they'll be misunderstood, and they're trying to rule out other (potentially incorrect) usages where: - entropy is not a measurable quantity - there's some other place, besides the universe, where you might put all that problematic entropy Cautious usage like this is probably a good habit to be in when talking with near-omnipotent computers.