Entropy
noun
A measure of the amount of disorder in a system.
In an isolated system, the entropy can only increase over time.
Often appears as...
- increase in entropy
- entropy of system
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Technical
noun
Amount of randomness in data.
The algorithm aims to reduce the entropy of the data set.
Often appears as...
- entropy encoding
- entropy of information
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Technical
noun
Chaos or disorder in abstract sense.
There is so much entropy in my life right now, I feel overwhelmed.
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- entropy in life
- increase in entropy
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Disapproving
noun
A measure of the amount of disorder in a system.
In an isolated system, the entropy can only increase over time.
Often appears as...
- increase in entropy
- entropy of system
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
Amount of randomness in data.
The algorithm aims to reduce the entropy of the data set.
Often appears as...
- entropy encoding
- entropy of information
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
Chaos or disorder in abstract sense.
There is so much entropy in my life right now, I feel overwhelmed.
Often appears as...
- entropy in life
- increase in entropy
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Isolated Systems
Entropy increases in isolated systems where energy isn't added or lost.
The universe is the ultimate isolated system, with entropy always increasing.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Reversibility
High entropy means a system isn't easily returned to its prior state.
Melting ice cubes show increasing entropy as they won't reform without energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Order to Disorder
Entropy shows a system's transition from order to disorder.
A neat room becomes disordered over time, demonstrating entropy.
Pro Tip 1/3Isolated Systems
Entropy increases in isolated systems where energy isn't added or lost.
The universe is the ultimate isolated system, with entropy always increasing.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Reversibility
High entropy means a system isn't easily returned to its prior state.
Melting ice cubes show increasing entropy as they won't reform without energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Order to Disorder
Entropy shows a system's transition from order to disorder.
A neat room becomes disordered over time, demonstrating entropy.
Pro Tip 1/3Isolated Systems
Entropy increases in isolated systems where energy isn't added or lost.
The universe is the ultimate isolated system, with entropy always increasing.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Reversibility
High entropy means a system isn't easily returned to its prior state.
Melting ice cubes show increasing entropy as they won't reform without energy.
Pro Tip 3/3Order to Disorder
Entropy shows a system's transition from order to disorder.
A neat room becomes disordered over time, demonstrating entropy.
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At what moment are you...
The breaking down of these arrangements when the entire cell succumbs to entropy is what eventually results in death. This is the reason organisms can't be simply sparked back to life once they've already died. We can pump air into someone's lungs, but it won't do much good
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The Boltzmann brain...
whether the universe had existed for an infinite or finite time. Boltzmann’s main claim to fame was revolutionizing thermodynamics, the branch of physics that studies energy. He put forward a new interpretation of entropy, which is a measure of the disorder of a system.
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Jason Silva on Aging PIPE...
information so we're learning to use our brains to find information rather than storing the information what we're altom utley battling is entry entropy is rust its aging its metabolic decay life however is anti-entropic life moves towards greater complexity and
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The history of our world...
such as chickens. And we know in our heart of hearts that the universe does not travel from mush to complexity. In fact, this gut instinct is reflected in one of the most fundamental laws of physics, the second law of thermodynamics, or the law of entropy.
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Does time exist? -...
which says that systems will gain disorder, or entropy, over time. Systems in our universe move from order to disorder, and it is that property of the universe that defines the direction of time’s arrow. So if time is such a fundamental property,
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What triggers a chemical...
Your match adds enough energy to activate the exothermic reaction of combustion, converting the high-energy combustible material in the wood to lower energy carbon dioxide and water. Entropy also increases and helps the reaction along
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Why don't oil and water...
plays an important role in explaining why certain things mix well into water and others don't. Entropy basically describes the way things and energy can be arranged based on random motion. For example, think of the air in a room.
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Rajesh Rao: Computing a...
So imagine a monkey sitting at a keyboard. I think you might get a random jumble of letters that looks like this. Such a random jumble of letters is said to have a very high entropy. This is a physics and information theory term.
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What is entropy? - Jeff...
It helps explain why physical processes go one way and not the why ice melts, why cream spreads in coffee, why air leaks out of a punctured tire. It's entropy, and it's notoriously difficult to wrap our heads around.
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Finding the transformativ...
entropy this lost the meaning that it exists both materially and also it it's a semantic entropy the more the larger the things I was making the less significant they become you know few years ago I paired with
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At what moment are you...
The breaking down of these arrangements when the entire cell succumbs to entropy is what eventually results in death. This is the reason organisms can't be simply sparked back to life once they've already died. We can pump air into someone's lungs, but it won't do much good
Video examples
The Boltzmann brain...
whether the universe had existed for an infinite or finite time. Boltzmann’s main claim to fame was revolutionizing thermodynamics, the branch of physics that studies energy. He put forward a new interpretation of entropy, which is a measure of the disorder of a system.
Video examples
Jason Silva on Aging PIPE...
information so we're learning to use our brains to find information rather than storing the information what we're altom utley battling is entry entropy is rust its aging its metabolic decay life however is anti-entropic life moves towards greater complexity and
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The history of our world...
such as chickens. And we know in our heart of hearts that the universe does not travel from mush to complexity. In fact, this gut instinct is reflected in one of the most fundamental laws of physics, the second law of thermodynamics, or the law of entropy.
Video examples
Does time exist? -...
which says that systems will gain disorder, or entropy, over time. Systems in our universe move from order to disorder, and it is that property of the universe that defines the direction of time’s arrow. So if time is such a fundamental property,
Video examples
What triggers a chemical...
Your match adds enough energy to activate the exothermic reaction of combustion, converting the high-energy combustible material in the wood to lower energy carbon dioxide and water. Entropy also increases and helps the reaction along
Video examples
Why don't oil and water...
plays an important role in explaining why certain things mix well into water and others don't. Entropy basically describes the way things and energy can be arranged based on random motion. For example, think of the air in a room.
Video examples
Rajesh Rao: Computing a...
So imagine a monkey sitting at a keyboard. I think you might get a random jumble of letters that looks like this. Such a random jumble of letters is said to have a very high entropy. This is a physics and information theory term.
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What is entropy? - Jeff...
It helps explain why physical processes go one way and not the why ice melts, why cream spreads in coffee, why air leaks out of a punctured tire. It's entropy, and it's notoriously difficult to wrap our heads around.
Video examples
Finding the transformativ...
entropy this lost the meaning that it exists both materially and also it it's a semantic entropy the more the larger the things I was making the less significant they become you know few years ago I paired with
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Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
Once everyone is connected to everyone and everything else, nothing matters anymore. If everyone in the world is your Facebook friend, then why have any Facebook friends at all? We're back where we started. The ultimate complexity is just another entropy.
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Sean M. Carroll
American Scientist
The arrow of time doesn't move forward forever. There's a phase in the history of the universe where you go from low entropy to high entropy. But then, once you reach the locally maximum entropy you can get to, there's no more arrow of time.
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Walter Lang
American Director
If we knew exactly what animal life was like before the fall into sin and knew what nature was like before the law of entropy invaded it, we would already be living in heaven.
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Vaclav Havel
Czechoslovakian Leader
Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.
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Geoffrey West
British Physicist
We form cities in order to enhance interaction, to facilitate growth, wealth creation, ideas, innovation, but in so doing, we create, from a physicist's viewpoint, entropy.
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Alan Guth
American Physicist
If we assume there is no maximum possible entropy for the universe, then any state can be a state of low entropy.
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Yevgeny Zamyatin
Russian Novelist
Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.
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Dean Kamen
American Inventor
I'm a human entropy producer.
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Anton Chekhov
Russian Dramatist
Only entropy comes easy.
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Douglas Rushkoff
American Journalist
Once everyone is connected to everyone and everything else, nothing matters anymore. If everyone in the world is your Facebook friend, then why have any Facebook friends at all? We're back where we started. The ultimate complexity is just another entropy.
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Sean M. Carroll
American Scientist
The arrow of time doesn't move forward forever. There's a phase in the history of the universe where you go from low entropy to high entropy. But then, once you reach the locally maximum entropy you can get to, there's no more arrow of time.
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Walter Lang
American Director
If we knew exactly what animal life was like before the fall into sin and knew what nature was like before the law of entropy invaded it, we would already be living in heaven.
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Vaclav Havel
Czechoslovakian Leader
Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.
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Geoffrey West
British Physicist
We form cities in order to enhance interaction, to facilitate growth, wealth creation, ideas, innovation, but in so doing, we create, from a physicist's viewpoint, entropy.
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Alan Guth
American Physicist
If we assume there is no maximum possible entropy for the universe, then any state can be a state of low entropy.
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Yevgeny Zamyatin
Russian Novelist
Heretics are the only bitter remedy against the entropy of human thought.
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Elon Musk
South African Businessman
I think you should always bear in mind that entropy is not on your side.
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Dean Kamen
American Inventor
I'm a human entropy producer.
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Anton Chekhov
Russian Dramatist
Only entropy comes easy.
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