question about entropy
- From: takmais@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 7 Jul 2005 23:41:50 -0700
hello.. i'm a layman(how many posts start out this way?) is it fair to
say that in a very general sense, entropy is the measure of local
variations in the energy level of a the universe as a whole? in other
words(yes this if more for my benefit than your's) the 2nd lay of
thermodynamics says that the total entropy of the universe must always
increase right? this still allows for the possibility of negative
intropy on a local level. local level in this case means both spatial
and temporal locality. so that in this way, the earth and all of its
complexity including humans and our subjectivly complex lives etc
etc... coudl all "evolve" over the past 4 billion years or so seeming
violation of the second law, yet still not violate the second law
because this is a spacially and temporally local phenomenon? just
wondered if this was a fair description.. thanks
jtg
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