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RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def..
December 16, 2017 at 9:05 pm (This post was last modified: December 16, 2017 at 9:06 pm by BrianSoddingBoru4.)
Entropy is simply a measure of how disordered a system is.  If you have a box of marbles neatly stacked and sorted according to size and colour, it has low entropy. If you throw that same box of marbles across the room in a fit of rage because your girlfriend just texted you that she's leaving you for a drummer (a fucking drummer) the marble collection now has higher entropy.

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Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by Brian37 - December 16, 2017 at 4:52 pm
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by Brian37 - December 16, 2017 at 7:02 pm
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by Brian37 - December 16, 2017 at 9:00 pm
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by Succubus - December 16, 2017 at 10:25 pm
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by Magilla - December 21, 2017 at 7:51 pm
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - December 16, 2017 at 9:05 pm
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by Brian37 - December 16, 2017 at 9:31 pm
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by Brian37 - December 16, 2017 at 10:59 pm
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by Brian37 - December 17, 2017 at 1:07 pm
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by Brian37 - December 17, 2017 at 6:30 pm
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by Brian37 - December 19, 2017 at 7:42 am
RE: Entropy/lose the math, need laypersons def.. - by uncool - January 13, 2018 at 10:46 pm

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