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allenehrl: 3 months ago

Why can't the second law of thermodynamics be defeated? Entropy is even worse than something can't come from nothing.

It's something can't even come from something. The law of conservation of matter is the whole ball of wax as far as perpetuating suffering.

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Lior: 3 months ago via iPhone

The 2nd law cannot be defeated because it is almost a "super law". It's actually a mathematical statement about probabilities. This means that it's immune to advance in physical theory: ANY physical theory must have the 2nd law be part of it, or it's a bad theory. The statement the 2nd law makes is that a system is more likely to be in a disordered state than in an ordered one, because there are many more microstates corresponding with disorderly state than those corresponding with an ordered one. You are basically right about how you compare the 2nd and 1st laws: the 1st law (energy conservation) says you can't win. The 2nd law says you can't even break even!

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allenehrl: 3 months ago

"The 2nd law says you can't even break even!"

You're super-intelligent. The vast majority of the populace has no concept of science, let alone such abstract concepts as we've stated.

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brandenB: 3 months ago via iPhone | Last edited at 8:48PM on 2/7/2013

Sorry I don't really understand your question. Delta S states that systems will lose energy (an example is that of Trophic efficiency - o assume youre in an ap bio or college intro course) If you make it a bit clearer I can answer more completely

-sorry delta sign was displayed as ?

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THECNIDARIAN: 3 months ago

Because it is a super law it is one of the fundamental laws of our universe and anything in conventional space is subject to its power

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allenehrl: 3 months ago

You're super-intelligent to know that. The vast majority of the populace has no concept of science, period.

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THECNIDARIAN: 3 months ago

Wow that makes my feel really good thanks:)

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