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What a well-written article - good lay description of the problem and the results, doesn't go off the deep end with wild speculation of technical jargon which m
by flatline 12y ago
What a well-written article - good lay description of the problem and the results, doesn't go off the deep end with wild speculation of technical jargon which may or may not be entirely accurate.
I'm not terribly surprised by the results - if you stop to think about it the demon in the original experiment is potentially expending quite a bit of work to observe the gas molecules and open and close the gate.
- daveloyall 12y agoI agree for the most part, but it would have been nice for the article to mention how much energy it takes to flip a bit, and whether or not that value varies in different circumstances. A flipped bit can mean the difference between tons of snow falling down a mountainside or staying where it is. (Down force greater than stuck force? OK, avalanche!) Does that bit cost the same energy as the one described in the article? If so, I deeply care how much energy that is!