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==Entropy and disorder for dummies==

==Entropy and disorder for dummies==

In this context "increasing disorder" means "that which happens if you let nature take its course".

In information theory, "entropy" means increasing disorder. However in thermodynamics it doesn't, and creationists shouldn't use this easily disproven argument.

Imagine your old room at your parent's house.  Remember how easy it was to let the room turn into a uniform mess (disorder) and remember how hard it was to clean it up until it fit a specific, non-uniform design (order). Not cleaning up would always result in an increase of entropy in your room!

Now, in nature there is no one to clean up the universe, only chances. The chance of something becoming orderly is a lot smaller than the chance of something becoming disorderly (since there are far more possible disorderly states to choose from).

In thermodynamics, "entropy" means energy unavailable for wok. It has nothing to do with disorder.

 

 

On a universal scale a tidy room would be a universe which has pockets of above average concentrations of energy (remember that E=mc^2 so this includes matter as well.)

 

The flow of energy (by heat exchange) to places with lower concentrations is called the "heat flow".

The often heard argument that this law disproves an eternal universe is true, since in that case maximum entropy would have been reached already. A counter-argument to this would be to suggest that the universe is still in the process of approaching maximum entropy.

The often heard argument that this law disproves an eternal universe is true, since in that case maximum entropy would have been reached already. A counter-argument to this would be to suggest that the universe is still in the process of approaching maximum entropy.