> Thermodynamics applies to closed systems, which the earth in isolation isn't. Wrong. You're probably conflating the second law of thermodynamics with the who

> Thermodynamics applies to closed systems, which the earth in isolation isn't. Wrong. You're probably conflating the second law of thermodynamics with the whole thing. Obviously, thermodynamics applies to Earth, it was invented here. > Entropy isn't everyday disorder, it's a specific relationship of microstates and macrostates, and you can't usefully infer things when you switch uses. No, this is Bolzmann entropy. Entropy is absolutely a measure of disorder, and the fact that you cannot measure a specific value for large complex systems because the calculating framework is too simplistic and only applies to very well defined and artificial assemblies of quantities it does not mean that the concept and intuition do not apply. Entropy is a measure of disorder or uncertainty. Maybe you disagree with my intuition about it. But I'm not the only one: - Shannon Entropy Fits Well Social Risk: Unemployment and Poverty in Large Cities https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8905455 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8905455 - The Interrelation Poverty-Unemployment from the Theory of Entropy in Modern Societies https://alicia.concytec.gob.pe/vufind/Record/AUTO_bbe82cfd37f4f742190fbf070abf16a1/Details https://alicia.concytec.gob.pe/vufind/Record/AUTO_bbe82cfd37...